Impact factor
Impact factor
The 2007 impact factor for Nature Reviews Genetics is 22.399, according to the ISI Journal Citation Reports. This makes Nature Reviews Genetics the number one monthly review journal in the field of genetics and heredity.
The 2007 impact factor represents the number of citations in 2007 of papers published in 2005 and 2006, divided by the total number of citable papers published in 2005 and 2006. A more detailed explanation of impact factors appears on the ISI web site.