Academic journal
Genes, Brain and Behavior (also known as G2B ) is a
peer-reviewed
scientific journal covering research in the fields of
behavioral ,
neural , and
psychiatric genetics . It is published by
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the
International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society . The journal was established in 2002 as a quarterly and is currently published monthly. G2B is a
hybrid open access journal , but two years after publication all content is available for free online.
Overview and history
Genes, Brain and Behavior is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society.
[1] Volume 1 appeared in 2002 and issues appeared quarterly. As submissions increased, the journal switched in 2003 to a bimonthly schedule,
[1] in 2006 to 8-times-a-year, and in 2014 to a monthly frequency.
[2] Content is available online from the
Wiley Online Library
[2] or, after a 12-month embargo, from
EBSCOhost .
[3] Authors can elect to have accepted articles published as
open access .
[4] All content is available online for free 24 months after publication.
[2] The journal was originally published in both print and electronic versions, but since 2014 the journal is online-only.
[5]
The founding
editor-in-chief was
Wim Crusio (
French National Centre for Scientific Research ), who was succeeded in 2012 by
Andrew Holmes (
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ).
[6]
Reception
In its third year, Genes, Brain and Behavior was available in 1400 academic libraries.
[1] According to the
Journal Citation Reports , its 2022
impact factor is 2.5, ranking the journal 198th out of 272 journals in the category "Neurosciences"
[7] and 28th out of 52 journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences".
[8]
The five journals that as of 2016
[update] have cited Genes, Brain and Behavior most often, are (in order of descending citation frequency)
PLoS ONE , Genes, Brain and Behavior,
Scientific Reports ,
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews , and
Behavioural Brain Research .
[7] As of 2016
[update] , the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in Genes, Brain and Behavior are
The Journal of Neuroscience ,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ,
Nature ,
Science , and
Neuron .
[7]
The journal has developed standards for the publication of mouse mutant studies.
[9] Many mouse mutant studies have serious methodological problems leading to fatally flawed scientific conclusions,
[10] causing a waste of time, effort, and research resources, and leading to ethical problems because of the unnecessary use of live animals for flawed studies.
[9] These standards are gradually being accepted more widely in the field.
[11]
[12]
Abstracting and indexing
Genes, Brain and Behavior is abstracted and indexed in:
[13]
Most cited articles
According to the
Web of Science , the following three articles have been cited most often (>350 times):
[21]
Rubenstein JL, Merzenich MM (2003).
"Model of autism: increased ratio of excitation/inhibition in key neural systems" . Genes, Brain and Behavior . 2 (5): 255–67.
doi :
10.1034/j.1601-183X.2003.00037.x .
PMC
6748642 .
PMID
14606691 .
Moy, SS; Nadler, JJ; Perez, A; Barbaro, RP; Johns, JM; Magnuson, TR; Piven, J;
Crawley, JN (2004).
"Sociability and preference for social novelty in five inbred strains: An approach to assess autistic-like behavior in mice" . Genes, Brain and Behavior . 3 (5): 287–302.
doi :
10.1111/j.1601-1848.2004.00076.x .
PMID
15344922 .
Nadler, JJ; Moy, SS; Dold, G; Trang, D; Simmons, N; Perez, A; Young, NB; Barbaro, RP; Piven, J; Magnuson, TR; Crawley, JN (2004).
"Automated apparatus for quantitation of social approach behaviors in mice" . Genes, Brain and Behavior . 3 (5): 303–14.
doi :
10.1111/j.1601-183X.2004.00071.x .
PMID
15344923 .
S2CID
11058928 .
See also
References
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^ Holmes, Andrew (2012).
"Genes, Brain and Behavior: At the vanguard of behavioral and genomic neuroscience" . Genes, Brain and Behavior . 11 : 1.
doi :
10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00760.x .
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c "Journals Ranked by Impact: Neurosciences".
2020 Journal Citation Reports .
Web of Science (Science ed.).
Clarivate Analytics . 2021.
^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Behavioral Sciences".
2020 Journal Citation Reports .
Web of Science (Science ed.).
Clarivate Analytics . 2021.
^
a
b Crusio WE, Goldowitz D, Holmes A, Wolfer D (February 2009).
"Standards for the publication of mouse mutant studies" . Genes, Brain and Behavior . 8 (1): 1–4.
doi :
10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00438.x .
PMID
18778401 .
S2CID
205853147 .
^ Crusio, Wim E. (2004). "Flanking gene and genetic background problems in genetically manipulated mice".
Biological Psychiatry . 56 (6): 381–385.
doi :
10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.12.026 .
PMID
15364034 .
S2CID
28989308 .
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"European Journal of Neuroscience: Instructions for authors" . Wiley Online Library . Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved 30 August 2009 .
^ Editorial (September 2009).
"Troublesome variability in mouse studies" .
Nature Neuroscience . 12 (9): 1075.
doi :
10.1038/nn0909-1075 .
PMID
19710643 .
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"Genes, Brain and Behavior: Overview" . Wiley Online Library . Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved 20 September 2013 .
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University of Barcelona . Retrieved 22 April 2019 .
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Clarivate Analytics . Retrieved 22 April 2019 .
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Clarivate Analytics . Retrieved 22 April 2019 .
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Elsevier . Retrieved 3 August 2015 .
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"Genes, Brain and Behavior" . NLM Catalog .
National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 20 September 2013 .
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"PsycINFO Journal Coverage" .
American Psychological Association . Retrieved 25 June 2015 .
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"Source details: Genes, Brain and Behavior" . Scopus preview .
Elsevier . Retrieved 28 January 2017 .
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Science Citation Index Expanded .
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