''Gene'' is a
peer-reviewed scientific journal in
genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinians, Augustinian ...
and
molecular biology, focusing on the
cloning,
structure,
function, as well as the biomedical and biotechnological importance of
gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ...
s. The scope of the journal includes all biological organisms including viruses, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. It is organized into topics, which include Human Genetics, Cancer Genetics, Neurogenetics, Animal Genetics, Genome Editing, Molecular Ecology, Plant Genetics, Parasitology and Virology, as well as Microbiology.
The journal is part of the Gene Family of journals and was established in 1976. It is published by
Elsevier
Elsevier ( ) is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell (journal), Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, ...
and the
editor-in-chief is Marianna Kruithof-de Julio (
University of Bern) The Gene Family of journals comprises the journals ''Gene, Gene Reports, Human Gene,'' and ''Plant Gene''. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2022
impact factor of 3.5.
History
The journal's first issue was published in 1976 by Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press. ''Gene'' was first intended to focus on recombination processes of genes and the properties of reconstructed genes and genomes, according to a letter written by Waclaw Szybalski in the first issue.
Over the years, subspecialized publications on human and plant genetics, as well as a companion journal ''Gene Reports'', which focuses on the regulation, expression, and evolution of genes and genetic material across a broad range of biological contexts have been split off.
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External links
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''Gene Reports''''Human Gene''''Plant Gene''
Genetics journals
Elsevier academic journals
Academic journals established in 1976
English-language journals
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