Heredity
Last updated ISSN 0018-067X
Heredity is published by Springer Nature in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Heredity concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant and animal studies
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0018-067X, 1365-2540 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,690 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 9,848 |
| Publishing since | 1890 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/hdy/ |
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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