The ''American Journal of Human Genetics'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of
human genetics
Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population gene ...
. It was established in 1948 by the
American Society of Human Genetics
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), founded in 1948, is a professional membership organization for specialists in human genetics. As of 2009, the organization had approximately 8,000 members. The Society's members include researchers, a ...
and covers all aspects of
heredity in
human
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s, including the application of
genetics
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in
medicine
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and
public policy
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, as well as the related areas of
molecular and
cell biology. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2019
impact factor
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of 10.502.
The journal is published by
Cell Press
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an
imprint of
Elsevier
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.
Bruce R. Korf became the editor-in-chief in the winter of 2017–2018.
Past editors-in-chief
* 1948–1951 — Charles W. Cotterham
* 1952–1954 — Herluf H. Strandskov (1898–1984)
* 1955—
Laurence H. Snyder
* 1956–1961 — Arthur G. Steinberg
* 1962–1963 —
C. Nash Herndon
* 1964–1969 — H. Eldon Sutton
* 1970–1975 —
Arno Motulsky
* 1976–1978 — William J. Mellman
* 1979–1986 —
David E. Comings
* 1986–1993 —
Charles J. Epstein
* 1993–1999 — Peter H. Byers
* 1999–2005 —
Stephen T. Warren
* 2005–2011 —
Cynthia C. Morton
* 2011–2017 —
David L. Nelson
See also
* ''
American Journal of Medical Genetics
''American Journal of Medical Genetics'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal dealing with human genetics published in three separate sections (parts) by Wiley-Liss
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley (), is an American multinatio ...
''
References
External links
* {{cite journal, pmc=1716285, year=1949, last1=Muller, first1=H. J., author-link=Hermann Joseph Muller, title=Progress and prospects in human genetics, journal=American Journal of Human Genetics, volume=1, issue=1, pages=1–18, pmid=17948379
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