The Journal of Neurogenetics is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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 scientific journal

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 that publishes research on the genetic basis of normal and abnormal function of the nervous system. It is published by Informa. The editor in chief

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 is Chun-Fang Wu.

Abstracting and indexing

According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal's 2009 impact factor

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 is 0.732, ranking it 129th out of 144 in the category "Genetics and Heredity" and 211th out of 230 in the category "Neurosciences". In addition, the journal is indexed and abstracted in ASFA

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, BIOBASE

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, Biological Abstracts

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, BIOSIS Previews

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, Chemical Abstracts

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 , EMBASE

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, Medline

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/PubMed

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, Neuroscience Citation Index

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, PsychINFO, Science Citation Index Expanded

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, Scopus

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, and The Zoological Record

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