American Journal of Human Genetics

Not to be confused with Journal of Human Genetics.

American Journal of Human Genetics

Discipline	Human genetics
Language	English
Edited by	Bruce R. Korf
Publication details
History	1948–present Vol. I, Issue 1, Sept. 1949
Publisher	Cell Press on behalf of the American Society of Human Genetics
Frequency	Monthly since 1986; bimonthly from 1965 to 1985; quarterly from 1949 to 1964 [1]
Impact factor	8.1 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Am. J. Hum. Genet.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	AJHGAG
ISSN	0002-9297
LCCN	52064295
OCLC  no.	1480145
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The American Journal of Human Genetics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of human genetics. It was established in 1948 by the American Society of Human Genetics and covers all aspects of heredity in humans, including the application of genetics in medicine and public policy, as well as the related areas of molecular and cell biology. ^[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 10.502. ^{[3] [4]} The journal is published by Cell Press an imprint of Elsevier. Bruce R. Korf became the editor-in-chief in the winter of 2017–2018. ^[5]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in major bibliographic databases, including: ^[6]

• MEDLINE / PubMed
• Science Citation Index Expanded
• Scopus

Past editors-in-chief

• 1948–1951 — Charles W. Cotterham ^[7]
• 1952–1954 — Herluf H. Strandskov (1898–1984)
• 1955           — Laurence H. Snyder
• 1956–1961 — Arthur G. Steinberg ^[8]
• 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 ^{[9] [10]}
• 1999–2005 — Stephen T. Warren ^[11]
• 2005–2011 — Cynthia C. Morton
• 2011–2017 — David L. Nelson

See also

• American Journal of Medical Genetics

References

1. "AJHG Archive".
2. "Cell Press announces new partnership with the American Society of Human Genetics" - Eurekalert
3. "Elsevier - The American Journal of Human Genetics".
4. "Cell Press - CiteScore metrics from Scopus and Clarivate Analytics' Journal Citation Reports".
5. Korf, Bruce R. (2018). "Transitions in an Era of Disruptive Change". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 102 (1): 3–4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.011 . ISSN   0002-9297.
6. "Information for authors: The American Journal of Human Genetics". www.cell.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
7. Opitz, John M. (October 1989). "Obituary: Charles W. Cotterham". American Journal of Medical Genetics. 34 (2): 149–154. doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320340202. PMID   2683786.
8. Jenkins, T. (2007). "Arthur G. Steinberg, 1912–2006". American Journal of Human Genetics. 80 (6): 1009–1013. doi:10.1086/518391. PMC   1867090 . PMID   17571465.
9. "Peter H. Byers receives lifetime award in genetics from March of Dimes". EurekAlert!, AAAS. 13 March 2008.
10. "A Look Back". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 65 (6): 1487–1488. 1999. doi: 10.1086/302669 . ISSN   0002-9297.
11. Viegas, Jennifer (2015). "Profile of Stephen T. Warren". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (10): 2923–2924. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.2923V. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1502201112 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   4364191 . PMID   25713352.

External links

• Muller, H. J. (1949). "Progress and prospects in human genetics". American Journal of Human Genetics. 1 (1): 1–18. PMC   1716285 . PMID   17948379.