Mutagenesis

Mutagenesis is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, DNA Repair Mechanisms and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, together about 56.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Mutagenesis is an international multi-disciplinary journal designed to bring together research aimed at the identification, characterization, and elucidation of the mechanisms of action of physical, chemical and biological agents capable of producing genetic change in living organisms (encompassing human, terrestrial and ecological species). The journals scope includes the study of the consequences of such changes on public and environmental health, also extending to human risk assessment and applied mutagenesis. The development and application of novel technologies for assessing hazard and/or risks following exposure to exogenous agents are also of interest, including (but not limited to): High-throughput/high-content approaches, Quantitative modelling approaches, Artificial intelligence, Error-corrected next-generation sequencing, Population based biomonitoring, 3Rs technologies aimed at replacing in vivo testing, Omic-technologies (e.g., transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc). Furthermore, Mutagenesis welcomes high-quality, robustly conducted studies that report negative results. A variety of different types of manuscripts are published in Mutagenesis: Original articles Reporting the results of fundamental and molecular studies upon the mechanisms of induction of point, chromosomal, genomic mutations and epigenetic change, and their roles in inherited and somatic disorders. In addition to investigating DNA damage and genetic instability, the journal is interested in studies on DNA repair, genomics, epigenomics, cancer research, molecular and environmental toxicology. Papers on guidelines for mutagenicity testing of environmental agents which describe and discuss new and emerging techniques, quality control and standards necessary for adequate testing of environmental agents. Cell lines, strains, DNA probes etc. The submission to and acceptance of a manuscript for publication in Mutagenesis implies that the authors will provide samples of such materials as cell lines, strains, mutants and DNA probes described in their publication to other investigators for research purposes. Ethics In reports of investigations in humans or animals, authors must explicitly indicate (in the appropriate section of the Methods) their adherence to ethical standards and note the approval of an ethics committee when this is relevant. Animal husbandry. Papers that report experiments involving live animals must include a statement that the animals were treated and housed

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Toxicology

Editor-in-chief Gareth J. S.Publisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United Kingdom 9, United States 5, Japan 5, Italy 2, Norway 2 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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Impact

Impact factor

3.03LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.2Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

7.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

7.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

7.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.15LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.34LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

82LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

123OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,083OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

9.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

43.21%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

23LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

ModerateLetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Oxford University Press

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1986

ISSN

0267-8357

Electronic ISSN

1464-3804

Society / sponsor

UKEMS

Latest issue on the website

Volume 41, Issue 5 (September 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website