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Journal of Genetic Counseling
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Journal of Genetic Counseling

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 98 34 38 9
Medicine 1796 74 80 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 157
Documents by Best Scientists*: 159
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.984
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Genetic Counseling?

The journal facilitates discussions on Genetic counseling, Public health, Genetic testing, Family medicine and Human genetics. Journal of Genetic Counseling holds forums on Genetic counseling that merges themes from other disciplines such as Social psychology, Psychosocial, Psychiatry, Medical education and Clinical psychology. The work on Medical education presented in it focuses on Professional development in particular.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Clinical psychology, it also covered topics in Feeling and Anxiety. Topics in Public health were tackled in line with various other fields like Qualitative research, Health care, MEDLINE and Disease. The study on Qualitative research featured in it expounds on the topic of Thematic analysis in particular.

The studies on Genetic testing discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Test (assessment), Cancer, Breast cancer, Gynecology and Family history. The research on Family medicine discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Informed consent. Human genetics study tackled is connected to the field of Medical genetics.

  • Genetic counseling (94.09%)
  • Public health (52.27%)
  • Genetic testing (28.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A new definition of Genetic Counseling: National Society of Genetic Counselors' Task Force report. (539 citations)
  • Essential Elements of Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment, Counseling, and Testing: Updated Recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (233 citations)
  • Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling: Recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (226 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Genetic Counseling:

The journal papers explore disciplines such as Genetic counseling, Public health, Genetic testing, Clinical psychology and Human genetics. While the published papers focused on Genetic counseling, they were also able to explore topics like Social psychology, MEDLINE, Psychosocial, Family medicine and Qualitative research. The journal papers with studies in Public health featured incorporate elements of Cancer, Health care, Psychiatry, Developmental psychology and Disease.

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

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Genetic counseling, Genetic testing, Family medicine, Medical education and Clinical psychology. Genetic counseling is the main point of discussion in Journal of Genetic Counseling but it also connects with fields such as

  • Thematic analysis which intersects with area such as Developmental psychology,
  • Psychosocial which connect with Disease.. Response rate (survey), Cancer, Breast cancer and Referral are some topics wherein Genetic testing research discussed in Journal of Genetic Counseling have an impact.

Some problems in Family medicine that were presented in Journal of Genetic Counseling overlapped with concepts under Psychological intervention, Pregnancy, Informed consent, Telehealth and Family history. While Journal of Genetic Counseling focused on Medical education, it was also able to explore topics like Workforce and Curriculum. Clinical psychology research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Feeling and Anxiety.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A systematic review and meta‐analysis of telephone vs in‐person genetic counseling in BRCA1/BRCA2 genetic testing (6 citations)
  • Genetic counseling service delivery models: A study of genetic counselors’ interests, needs, and barriers to implementation (6 citations)
  • Family communication of genetic test results among women with inherited breast cancer genes (4 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 Journal of Genetic Counseling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Patricia McCarthy Veach (86 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Bonnie S. LeRoy (81 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kelly E. Ormond (33 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Jehannine Austin (31 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert G. Resta (25 papers) absent at the last 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 Journal of Genetic Counseling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Minnesota (131 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (71 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (71 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of British Columbia (69 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (68 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 3.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.17% of all publications and 27.59% 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

  • Chatbots & artificial intelligence to scale genetic information delivery

    Shivani Nazareth;Robert L. Nussbaum;Elen Siglen;Catherine A. Wicklund

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Risk assessment and genetic counseling for Lynch syndrome – Practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • GeneLiFT: A novel test to facilitate rapid screening of genetic literacy in a diverse population undergoing genetic testing.

    Hila Milo Rasouly;Nicole Cuneo;Maddalena Marasa;Natalia DeMaria

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Do research participants share genomic screening results with family members

    Julia Wynn;Hila Milo Rasouly;Tania Vasquez-Loarte;Akilan M. Saami

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Outcomes of genetic test disclosure and genetic counseling in a large Parkinson's disease research study.

    Jennifer Verbrugge;Lola Cook;Mandy Miller;Malia Rumbaugh

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • A qualitative study of Latinx parents' experiences of clinical exome sequencing.

    Daniel Luksic;Radha Sukhu;Carrie Koval;Megan T. Cho

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Male–female differences in quality of life and coping style in patients with Marfan syndrome and hereditary thoracic aortic diseases

    Carlijn G. E. Thijssen;Carlijn G. E. Thijssen;Daphne E. Doze;Arjen L. Gökalp;Janneke Timmermans

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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