American Journal of Human Genetics

The American Journal of Human Genetics is a monthly peer-reviewed human genetics journal published by Cell Press on behalf of the American Society of Human Genetics, first issued in 1949 and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, MEDLINE and PubMed Central, with a 2025 impact factor of 7.7American Journal of Human Genetics 是美国人类遗传学会的官方期刊，由 Cell Press 出版，1949 年首期出版，被科学引文索引扩展版、Scopus、MEDLINE 与 PubMed Central 收录，2025 年影响因子为 7.7。

Scope

• Human heredity and the application of genetic principles in medicine and public policy人类遗传及遗传学原理在医学与公共政策中的应用。
• Statistical, population and evolutionary genetics including genome-wide association studies统计遗传学、群体遗传学与演化遗传学，含全基因组关联研究。
• Clinical genetics, cytogenetics, dysmorphology and genetic counselling临床遗传学、细胞遗传学、畸形学与遗传咨询。
• Functional genomics, gene therapy, immunogenetics and neurogenetics功能基因组学、基因治疗、免疫遗传学与神经遗传学。
• Association studies that include mechanistic follow-up or functional interpretation包含机制随访或功能解释的关联研究。

History

• The American Society of Human Genetics was founded in 1948 and launched the journal the following year美国人类遗传学会于 1948 年成立，翌年创办该刊。
• Its first issue appeared as Volume 1, Issue 1 in September 1949首期为 1949 年 9 月出版的第 1 卷第 1 期。
• Cell Press has published the journal on behalf of the society since 2008自 2008 年起由 Cell Press 代表学会出版该刊。
• It has been issued monthly since 1986自 1986 年起改为月刊出版。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Kiran Musunuru of the University of Pennsylvania现任主编为美国宾夕法尼亚大学的 Kiran Musunuru。
• Bruce R. Korf served as editor-in-chief before him此前的主编为 Bruce R. Korf。
• The American Society of Human Genetics retains editorial control and peer review responsibility美国人类遗传学会保留编辑权与同行评审责任。
• The journal is hybrid open access, with non-member content opened six months after publication该刊为混合开放获取，非会员内容在出版六个月后开放。