Journal profile

GigaScience

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN2047-217X FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.37
Citation rate 8.12 973 total citations
h5-index 54 h5 depth signal
Cited share 94.6% 122 of 129
Total citations 973 Citation footprint
Metric signal 8.75 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.7% 17 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 469
China 422
Germany 207
United Kingdom 189
France 99

Citing Fields of Research

Genetics & Genomics 933
Evolutionary Genomics 274
AI & Machine Learning 216
Crop Science 168
Cytogenetics 103

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 1,583 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 129 122 cited publications
Last 12 months 109 21.8 publications/month
Open access share 98.2% 107 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 469 citing publications
Leading citing field Genetics & Genomics 933 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 6 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v4, 2015-
PubMed
v1, 2012-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Multidisciplinary

Broad Categories

Computational Biology Genetics Multidisciplinary

MeSH Descriptors

Information Storage and Retrieval Medical Informatics

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

03
Danni Luo, Sophie Robertson, Yuanchun Zhan et al.
Spatial transcriptomics (ST) enables a high-resolution interrogation of molecular characteristics within specific spatial contexts and tissue morphology. Despite its potential, visualization of ST data is a challenging task due to the co...
04
Nasreen Elizabeth Buhn, Sriya Reddy Adunur, Joseph Hamilton et al.
Live-cell fluorescence microscopy enables the study of dynamic cellular processes. However, fluorescence microscopy can damage cells and disrupt these dynamic processes through photobleaching and phototoxicity. Reducing a sample's light ...
06
Petr Danecek, Eugene J Gardner, Joanna Kaplanis et al.
Identifying de novo mutations (DNM) is an important component of both genetic research studies and clinical diagnostic workflows, but is complicated by distinguishing true mutations from sequencing errors. Likelihood-based error models a...
08
Cameron J Hyde, Anna Syme, Bérénice Batut et al.
The Galaxy platform is a globally distributed environment for data-intensive research, providing thousands of analysis tools across major public servers. However, this decentralised ecosystem presents usability challenges for both users ...
10
Julita Machlowska, Dariusz Gerula, Andrzej Oleksa et al.
Background: Honey bees are essential pollinators supporting agricultural production and wild plant diversity. In evolutionary lineage M, some populations are threatened by genetic erosion caused by the widespread introduction of commerci...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Articles added on an individual basis as accepted.