''Nature Reviews Genetics'' is a monthly

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published by

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. It was established in 2000 and covers the full breadth of modern genetics. The

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is Linda Koch. The journal publishes

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and perspective articles written by experts in the field subject to

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and

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to provide authoritative coverage of topics. Each issue also contains Research Highlight articles – short summaries written by the editors that describe recent research papers. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 59.943, ranking it 1st out of 175 journals in the category "Genetics & Heredity".

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