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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Published by: Genetics Society of America

https://www.g3journal.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 26 357 497 33
Biology and Biochemistry 192 270 310 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1035
Documents by Best Scientists*: 956
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 44
SCIMAGO H-index: 91
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.812
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Genetics, Gene, Genome, Cell biology and Quantitative trait locus. Genetics, which encompasses Allele, Mutant, Phenotype, Locus (genetics) and Drosophila melanogaster, is the main subject of it. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics connects research in Mutant with the related topic of Mutation.

Gene expression, Transcriptome, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candidate gene and Regulation of gene expression are all subfields of Gene research that were featured in the journal. Research in Saccharomyces cerevisiae tackled falls within the umbrella of Yeast. The journal focuses on Genome but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Evolutionary biology, Computational biology and Sequence assembly.

It connects the study in Evolutionary biology with the closely related area of Genetic variation. The journal holds forums on Cell biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as RNA interference, Transcription factor and Caenorhabditis elegans. It explores topics in Quantitative trait locus which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Trait, Genetic linkage and Single-nucleotide polymorphism.

  • Genetics (52.63%)
  • Gene (32.30%)
  • Genome (21.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Stacks: Building and Genotyping Loci De Novo From Short-Read Sequences (1254 citations)
  • Genotype Imputation with Thousands of Genomes (794 citations)
  • The Genomic and Transcriptomic Landscape of a HeLa Cell Line (302 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Genetics, Genome, Gene, Quantitative trait locus and Genomics. The most cited publications link adjacent topics like Genetics with Computational biology. The most cited publications tackle studies in Evolutionary biology and the interrelated subject of Genetic variation to gain insights into Genome.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Genetics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics are Gene, Genetics, Genome, Cell biology and Evolutionary biology. Research in Computational biology and the interrelating topic of CRISPR and DNA sequencing were among the subjects of interest in the Gene studies discussed in it. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics primarily discusses Genetics topics, particularly Quantitative trait locus, Candidate gene, Genotype, Locus (genetics) and Virulence.

In the journal, Chromosome and Sequence assembly are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Genome research. In addition to Cell biology research, it aims to explore topics under Caenorhabditis elegans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Drosophila melanogaster, Germline and Morphogenesis. Evolutionary biology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Phylogenetic tree, Genetic diversity and Genomics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment. (10 citations)
  • AlphaSimR: an R package for breeding program simulations. (9 citations)
  • Application of an optimized annotation pipeline to the Cryptococcus deuterogattii genome reveals dynamic primary metabolic gene clusters and genomic impact of RNAi loss. (7 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • José Crossa (45 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Osval A. Montesinos-López (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael A. Gore (16 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cornell University (111 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (97 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Davis (97 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (82 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (78 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.94% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.39% of all publications and 51.35% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • BlobToolKit - Interactive Quality Assessment of Genome Assemblies.

    Richard Challis;Richard Challis;Edward Richards;Jeena Rajan;Guy Cochrane

    (2020)
    2250 Citations
  • CeMbio - The Caenorhabditis elegans Microbiome Resource.

    Philipp Dirksen;Adrien Assié;Johannes Zimmermann;Fan Zhang

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • Unraveling the Hexaploid Sweetpotato Inheritance Using Ultra-Dense Multilocus Mapping.

    Marcelo Mollinari;Bode A Olukolu;Guilherme da S Pereira;Awais Khan

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • Revisiting the genome-wide significance threshold for common variant GWAS.

    Zhongsheng Chen;Michael Boehnke;Xiaoquan Wen;Bhramar Mukherjee

    (2021)
    112 Citations
  • A Reference Genome Sequence for Giant Sequoia.

    Alison D Scott;Aleksey V Zimin;Aleksey V Zimin;Daniela Puiu;Rachael Workman

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • Measuring Genome Sizes Using Read-Depth, k-mers, and Flow Cytometry: Methodological Comparisons in Beetles (Coleoptera).

    James M. Pflug;Valerie Renee Holmes;Crystal Burrus;J. Spencer Johnston

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment.

    Anna R. Rogers;Jeffrey C. Dunne;Cinta Romay;Martin Bohn

    (2021)
    95 Citations
  • Assessment of a Split Homing Based Gene Drive for Efficient Knockout of Multiple Genes

    Nikolay P. Kandul;Junru Liu;Anna Buchman;Valentino M. Gantz

    (2020)
    76 Citations

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