Journal of Heredity

The Journal of Heredity is a peer-reviewed scientific journal concerned with heredity in a biological sense, covering all aspects of genetics. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Genetic Association.

Not to be confused with Heredity (journal).

Journal of Heredity
DisciplineGenetics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byWilliam Murphy
Publication details
Former name(s)
American Breeders' Magazine
History1910–present
Publisher
Frequency7/year
Hybrid
2.645 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Hered.
Indexing
CODENJOHEA8
ISSN0022-1503 (print)
1465-7333 (web)
LCCN11019964
OCLC no.1782242
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History

The trends in topics that have been published in the journal reflect the history of the discipline of genetics.[1] Early issues included many papers on eugenics, particularly under the editorial leadership of the journal's first two editors-in-chief, Paul Popenoe and R. C. Cook. Emphasis on eugenics in the journal declined throughout the 1940s and 1950s as support for the topic waned in the scientific community and the general public; when Cook's daughter, Barbara Kuhn, took over as editor in 1962 after her father's 40-year service, "...the subject of eugenics was essentially dropped."[1]

Early topics of interest included comparative color inheritance in mammals (as explored in a series of articles that served as precursors to work applying enzyme kinetics to developmental genetics), determination of the number of human chromosomes, genetic histories of a number of types of livestock (including hybridization of cattle with American bison,[1] the discovery of salivary chromosomes in Drosophila, and "A remarkable paper by Prokofyeva-Belgovskaya, pointing out a difference between mother and daughter chromosomes in binucleate cells. This foreshadowed modern work in intestinal tumors in which there are differences between cells containing the template DNA and those with copies."[1]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

Article types

The journal publishes articles in the following categories:

  • Original Research
  • Brief Communications
  • Computer Notes
  • Letters to the Editor

and on invitation:

  • Reviews
  • Perspectives
  • Symposium Articles

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

References
  1. Crow, J F (2004). "Genetics: Alive and Well. The First Hundred Years as Viewed Through the Pages of the Journal of Heredity. WILHEMINE E. KEY 2003 INVITATIONAL LECTURE". J Hered (95(5):365–374.
  2. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  5. "Journal of Heredity". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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