Aims and scope
For almost a century, Hereditas has published original cutting-edge research and reviews. As the Official journal of the Mendelian Society of Lund, the journal welcomes research from across all areas of genetics and genomics. Topics of interest include human and medical genetics, animal and plant genetics, microbial genetics, agriculture and bioinformatics. Articles covering novel viral sequences or the use of new technology and software in genomic research are also welcomed.
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Previous content
Hereditas launched with BioMed Central in 2015, transferring from its previous publisher Wiley. All back content is available in the archive.
Editors-in-Chief
Stefan Baumgartner, Lund University
Yongyong Shi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Society information
The Mendelian Society of Lund was founded in 1910 and except for a short break during 1912-1916 has been active ever since. In 1920, the Society started to publish Hereditas, a scientific journal in genetics. In the post-genomic era, the scope of Hereditas has evolved to include any research on genomic analysis.
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2017 Journal Metrics
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Speed
79.0 days first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
56.3 days to first decision for all manuscripts
121.4 days from submission to acceptance
21.2 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
1.632 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.450 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.492 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.278 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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38 Mentions
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