Impact factor
Impact factor
The 2008 impact factor for Nature Reviews Genetics is 24.185, 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 2008 impact factor represents the number of citations in 2008 of papers published in 2006 and 2007, divided by the total number of citable papers published in 2006 and 2007. A more detailed explanation of impact factors appears on the ISI web site.
