Genus
Last updated ISSN 0016-6987
Genus is published by Springer Science+Business Media in social sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $1,590.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Genus concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Employment and Welfare Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0016-6987, 2035-5556 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $1,590 |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 288 |
| Publishing since | 2016 |
| Journal website | genus.springeropen.com |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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