Genes, Brain and Behavior

Genes, Brain and Behavior (also known as G2B) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the fields of behavioral, neural, and psychiatric genetics that was established in 2002.

Publication history
Genes, Brain and Behavior is published by the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society in collaboration with Wiley-Blackwell. Volume 1 appeared in 2002 and issues appeared quarterly; as submissions increased, the journal switched in 2003 to a bimonthly and then in 2006 to an 8-times-a-year schedule. Content is available online from the Wiley Online Library or, after a 12 month embargo, from EBSCOhost. Authors can elect to have accepted articles published as open access. All content is available online for free after 24 months. The journal developed standards for the publication of mouse mutant studies, which are gradually being accepted more widely in the field.

Indexing and citations
Genes, Brain and Behavior is abstracted and indexed in:

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2009 impact factor is 4.061, ranking Genes, Brain and Behavior 63rd out of 237 listed journals in the category "Neurosciences" and 6th out of 48 listed journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences".

The five journals that have cited Genes, Brain and Behavior most often, are (in order of descending citation frequency) Behavioural Brain Research, Genes, Brain and Behavior, Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Neuroscience. , the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in Genes, Brain and Behavior are Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Science, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Article categories
The journal publishes the following types of articles:
 * Research articles
 * Reviews
 * Techniques articles
 * Commentaries
 * Debates
 * Letters to the Editor
 * Book reviews

Most cited articles
According to the Web of Science, the following three articles have been cited most often (>100 times):