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New Genetics and Society
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New Genetics and Society

1463-6778

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cngs20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1058 6 8 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 15
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.749
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at New Genetics and Society?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Law, Social science, Politics, Social psychology and Environmental ethics. Context (language use) and Public relations are some topics wherein Law research discussed in it have an impact. The Social science study featured in it draws connections with the study of Epistemology.

  • Law (15.32%)
  • Social science (10.97%)
  • Politics (10.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • 'Science is really needed--that's all I know': informed consent and the non-verbal practices of collecting blood for genetic research in northern Sweden. (105 citations)
  • Personal genomics and individual identities: motivations and moral imperatives of early users. (102 citations)
  • Actor-Network Theory: a tool to support ethical analysis of commercial genetic testing (95 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at New Genetics and Society:

The journal articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Law, Politics, Social science, Genetic testing and Genomics. The studies on Law discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Epistemology, Embryonic stem cell, Broadside and Medical genetics. The most cited papers hold forums on Politics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Context (language use), Political economy, Gender studies and China.

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

  • Law
  • Epistemology
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in New Genetics and Society are Genealogy, Precision oncology, Genetic testing, Epistemology and Genome editing. The study of Genealogy encompasses disciplines such as Identity (social science), as well as fields such as Context (language use), Popular culture and Ethnic group, all of which overlap with one another. The work on Precision oncology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Emotion work, Management science, Public relations, Mainstream and Medical physics.

In addition to Genetic testing research, the journal aims to explore topics under Law enforcement and Comparative historical research. Normative studies in the realm of Epistemology interact with fields like Center (algebra and category theory). It explores issues in Genome editing which can be linked to other research areas like Construal level theory, Eugenics, Public opinion and Germline.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Decision-making about non-invasive prenatal testing: women’s moral reasoning in the absence of a risk of miscarriage in Germany (4 citations)
  • Problematizing consent: searching genetic genealogy databases for law enforcement purposes (2 citations)
  • The consumer representation of DNA ancestry testing on YouTube (2 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 New Genetics and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Glasner (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul Martin (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Aviad E. Raz (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ine Van Hoyweghen (7 papers) published 1 paper 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 New Genetics and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Edinburgh (30 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cardiff University (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • King's College London (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of York (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Exeter (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last 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, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.44% of all publications and 36.11% 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

  • Transparency, consent and trust in the use of customers' data by an online genetic testing company: an Exploratory survey among 23andMe users

    Aviad E. Raz;Emilia Niemiec;Heidi Carmen Howard;Sigrid Sterckx

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Genome editing: the dynamics of continuity, convergence, and change in the engineering of life

    Paul Martin;Michael Morrison;Ilke Turkmendag;Brigitte Nerlich

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • The consumer representation of DNA ancestry testing on YouTube

    Alessandro R. Marcon;Christen Rachul;Timothy Caulfield

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • The social shaping of a diagnosis in Next Generation Sequencing

    Janneke M.L. Kuiper;Pascal Borry;Danya F. Vears;Ine Van Hoyweghen

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Accessing targeted therapies for cancer: self and collective advocacy alongside and beyond mainstream cancer charities.

    Anne Kerr;Choon Key Chekar;Julia Swallow;Emily Ross

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Gene drive communication: exploring experts’ lived experience of metaphor use

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • “Doing Good” in U.S. Cancer Genomics? Valuation practices across the boundaries of research and care in rural community oncology

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • Mitochondrial replacement in the English-language print media: continuity and change in metaphors and social representations

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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