Aims and scope of journal
Sample issue
Editors and contact information
Relationship to other nature journals
Editorial and publishing policies
Impact factor
Abbreviation
Issn and eissn
Further editorial information
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AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL
Nature Genetics publishes the very highest quality research in genetics. It encompasses genetic and functional genomic studies on human traits and on other model organisms, including mouse, fly, nematode and yeast. Current emphasis is on the genetic basis for common and complex diseases and on the functional mechanism, architecture and evolution of gene networks, studied by experimental perturbation.
Integrative genetic topics comprise, but are not limited to:
- Genes in the pathology of human disease
- Molecular analysis of simple and complex genetic traits
- Cancer genetics
- Epigenetics
- Gene therapy
- Developmental genetics
- Regulation of gene expression
- Strategies and technologies for extracting function from genomic data
- Pharmacological genomics
- Genome evolution
SAMPLE ISSUE
Free online access to the January 2005 issue of Nature Genetics.
EDITORS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Like the other Nature titles, Nature Genetics has no external editorial board. Instead, all editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors. Information about the scientific background of the editors may be found here.
A full list of journal staff appears on the masthead.
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER NATURE JOURNALS
Nature Genetics is editorially independent, and its editors make their own decisions, independent of the other Nature journals.
If a paper is rejected from one Nature journal, the authors
can use an automated manuscript transfer service to submit the paper to another Nature journal via a link sent to them by the
editor handling the manuscript. Authors should note that referees' comments (including any confidential comments to the editor) and
identities are transferred to the editor of the second journal along with the manuscript.
In that case, the journal editors will take the previous reviews into account when making their decision,
although in some cases the editors may choose to take advice from additional or alternative referees.
Alternatively, authors may choose to request a fresh review, in which case
they should not use the automated transfer link, and
the editors will evaluate the paper without reference to the previous review process.
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of the manuscript transfer service, and for links to NPG journals and subject areas.
A general explanation of the relationships between Nature titles can be found here.
EDITORIAL AND PUBLISHING POLICIES
The Nature journals, including Nature Genetics, share a number of common policies including the following:
Relationship between Nature journals
License agreement and author copyright
Embargo policy and press releases
Use of experimental animals and human subjects
Competing financial interests
Availability of materials and data
Gene nomenclature
Security concerns
Refutations and complaints
Corrections
IMPACT FACTOR
The 2003 impact factor for Nature Genetics is 26.494, according to the ISI Journal Citation Reports. This places Nature Genetics. first out of 120 journals in the field of genetics and heredity.
The 2003 impact factor represents the number of citations in 2003 to papers published in 2001 and 2002, divided by the total number of papers published in 2001 and 2002. A more detailed explanation of impact factors appears on the ISI web site.
ABBREVIATION
The correct abbreviation for abstracting and indexing purposes is Nat. Genet.
ISSN AND EISSN
The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Nature Genetics is 1061-4036, and the electronic international standard serial number (EISSN) is 1546-1718.
FURTHER EDITORIAL INFORMATION
Please see the following editorials for more information on various aspects of journal policy.
Providing clinical data in genetic studies
Descriptions of human population groups
Portraying research participants
Materials sharing policy
Minimum information about a microarray
Criteria for whole genome association studies
The entire guide for authors and referees is available in PDF format.
