Trends in Genetics

Trends in Genetics is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal published by Cell Press, an imprint of Elsevier, established in 1985, covering genetics from developmental biology to genomics, epigenetics and computational genetics, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 12.9（Trends in Genetics）是由（Elsevier）旗下（Cell Press）出版的月刊同行评审综述期刊，1985 年创刊，涵盖从发育生物学到基因组学、表观遗传学与计算遗传学的遗传学议题，2025 年影响因子为 12.9。

Scope

• It publishes concise, accessible articles on a broad range of genetics topics发表关于广泛遗传学议题的简洁易懂文章。
• It covers subjects ranging from developmental biology to evolution涵盖从发育生物学到进化生物学的主题。
• It now encompasses genomics, epigenetics and computational genetics现涵盖基因组学、表观遗传学与计算遗传学。
• It publishes review articles and short mini reviews发表综述与短篇综述。
• It welcomes correspondence addressing topics of interest to geneticists欢迎致编辑信函，讨论遗传学家关注的话题。
• It has published widely cited papers such as EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite发表过被广泛引用的论文，如（EMBOSS）。^[1]
• It is indexed in SCIE, Medline and Scopus被（SCIE）、（Medline）与（Scopus）收录。

History

• It was launched in 1985于 1985 年创刊。
• It was first published in Amsterdam by Elsevier Science Publishers最初由（Elsevier Science Publishers）在阿姆斯特丹出版。
• It has been indexed in Medline since 1988自 1988 年起被（Medline）收录。
• Its December 1999 issue was a joint millennium issue with two sister Trends journals1999 年 12 月号与（Trends in Cell Biology）、（Trends in Biochemical Sciences）联合出版千禧年专号。
• By 2026 it has reached Volume 42至 2026 年已出至第 42 卷。
• It remains a favorite review journal in the genetics community至今仍是遗传学界的常读综述期刊。

Editors

• Its Editor is Maria A. Smit主编为（Maria A. Smit）。^[2]
• The Editor writes the journal's editorials, such as Fun-sized and fundamental in 2025主编撰写期刊社论，如 2025 年的（Fun-sized and fundamental）。
• It belongs to the Cell Press family of Trends review journals属于（Cell Press）的（Trends）系列综述期刊。
• Cell Press is an imprint of Elsevier（Cell Press）是（Elsevier）的出版品牌。
• It is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics是（Committee on Publication Ethics）成员。
• It maintains an international advisory editorial board设有国际顾问编委会。