Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

#4 of 26

Editorial board composition

85,192
Positions
78,955
Editors
773
Journals
137
Countries
27.6
Mean h-index

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ranks #4 among 26 fields. 85,192 positions across 773 journals. 78,955 editors. 31.4% female (below avg 33%). Mean h-index: 27.6 (above avg 22.5).

Gender distribution

Male
43,392
Female
19,879
Unknown
15,684

31.4% female · 68.6% male (of 63,271 resolved; global avg 33%)

Each editor counted once at this entity (composite identity key). Gender is inferred from the first name — not self-reported — and coverage drops for non-Latin-script names, which inflates the "unknown" bar in some countries.

Top countries

United States
15.7% 12,404
China
8.5% 6,696
Italy
5.8% 4,599
India
4.3% 3,358
United Kingdom
3.3% 2,621
Japan
3.0% 2,356
Germany
2.5% 1,975
South Korea
2.1% 1,662
Spain
1.8% 1,435
Canada
1.8% 1,414

Board diversity

Per-editor diversity indicators. Each editor is counted once (composite identity key). The Shannon columns use Pielou's normalisation J = H / ln(k) so values are comparable across entities with different numbers of categories. See the methodology for full definitions, use cases, and references (Shannon 1948; Pielou 1966; Jost 2006).

0.617
Pielou's J over ROR country distribution. 0 = all editors from one country, 1 = perfectly even across every country present. MDPI sits higher than Elsevier here; compare against the top-countries bar to see which countries drive the spread.
0.324
Pielou's J over the ROR org_type field (education, healthcare, facility, government, nonprofit, company, archive). Low values mean editors come overwhelmingly from one kind of institution — usually universities, which account for about 82% of editors dataset-wide. Higher values indicate editorial boards that reach into clinical practice, public labs, industry, or scientific societies.
26 yr
Median years since first OpenAlex-indexed publication, per unique editor. IQR 16–38 yr (spread 22 yr), mean 29.5 yr, n = 43,951. A low median with a small IQR indicates a board clustered in one career stage; a large IQR signals generational mix.