- [For JEMS members] New process to request APC discount. Members are no longer requested to submit institution code to request APC discount during manuscript submission. Please see below 'Information for Authors' section for further information.
- Updated Aims & Scope: to enhance the quality of Genes and Environment and its contents, the Journal has updated and revised its Aims and Scope.
What's new
[Featured Article]:
Polymorphism in autophagy-related genes LRP1 and CAPZA1 may promote gastric mucosal atrophy
Naoyuki Yamaguchi, Takuki Sakaguchi, Hajime Isomoto, Tatsuo Inamine, Ryoya Tsukamoto, Daisuke Fukuda, Ken Ohnita, Tsutomu Kanda, Kayoko Matsushima, Tatsuro Hirayama, Kazuo Yashima & Kazuhiro Tsukamoto
Helicobacter pylori secretes cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) into the gastric epithelium, causing gastric mucosal atrophy (GMA) and gastric cancer. In contrast, host cells degrade CagA via autophagy. However, the association between polymorphisms in autophagy-related genes and GMA must be fully elucidated.
Read this article: Volume 45, Article number: 18 (2023)
[Featured Research]
Non-linear dose response of DNA double strand breaks in response to chronic low dose radiation in individuals from high level natural radiation areas of Kerala coast
Vinay Jain, Divyalakshmi Saini, D. C. Soren, V. Anil Kumar, P. R. Vivek Kumar, P. K. M. Koya, G. Jaikrishan & Birajalaxmi Das
The human population living in high level natural radiation areas (HLNRAs) of Kerala coast provide unique opportunities to study the biological effects of low dose and low dose rate ionizing radiation below 100 mGy. The present study evaluated dose response relationship between DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and background radiation dose in individuals residing in Kerala coast.
Read this article Volume 45, Article number: 16 (2023)
Article collections and Special Issues
- Lessons Learned from Japanese Association for Cancer Prevention and Future Opportunities
- Current topics in China for Environmental Mutagen Research
- G&E Best Paper Award collection
- Special Issue in memory of Takashi Sugimura
- Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM2019)
- Article collection: Meeting Reports: collection of various meeting reports published in G&E
- Article collection: Genotoxicity Tests
- JEMS Open Symposia 2017&2018: “Challenges of Young Scientists”
- 10th Anniversary Special Issue
- JEMS Open Symposium 2015: “Life Style and Cancer”
- Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM2014)
About the Editor
Masami Yamada studied bacterial genetics and got a PhD degree from Osaka University. Since 1990, using genetic engineering techniques, she has constructed many strains from standard tester strains for the Ames test at the National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo. Such strains are useful for research fields on environmental mutagens.
Strain requests come to her every year from domestic, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and other countries. Currently, she teaches Biology and Genetic Engineering at National Defense Academy of Japan.
Articles
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Polymorphism in autophagy-related genes LRP1 and CAPZA1 may promote gastric mucosal atrophy
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Genome-wide expression analysis reveals different heat shock responses in indigenous (Bos indicus) and crossbred (Bos indicus X Bos taurus) cattle
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Non-linear dose response of DNA double strand breaks in response to chronic low dose radiation in individuals from high level natural radiation areas of Kerala coast
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DNA polymerase Îş suppresses inflammation and inflammation-induced mutagenesis and carcinogenic potential in the colon of mice
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Low-dose radiation from A-bombs elongated lifespan and reduced cancer mortality relative to un-irradiated individuals
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The micronucleus test—most widely used in vivo genotoxicity test—
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Mechanism and regulation of DNA damage recognition in nucleotide excision repair
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Mechanisms of interstrand DNA crosslink repair and human disorders
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The health effects of radon and uranium on the population of Kazakhstan
Aims and scope
Genes and Environment is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that aims to accelerate communications among global scientists working in the fields of genes and environment. The journal welcomes papers dealing with those topics that are relevant to the environment, such as mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, genomics and epigenetics, molecular epidemiology and genetic toxicology, and regulatory sciences.
About JEMS
The mission of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society (JEMS) is to discover how environmental mutagens affect all organisms, and to promote and apply this knowledge to protect human health and our environment. JEMS was founded in 1972, and since then the society has hosted annual conferences and open symposia on timely topics. The society is a member of the Asian Association of the Environmental Mutagen Societies and the International Association of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Societies.
Acknowledgement and information
-Publication of Genes and Environment is partly supported by the Japan Society of Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, aka KAKENHI. (Grant Number 17HP2002).
-Genes and Environment archive of papers published before 2015 are available at: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jemsge
Genes and Environment is an official journal of The Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society (JEMS).
Citation Impact
2.627 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
3.150 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
0.765 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.449 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Speed
20 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
27 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)
Usage
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