Journal of Human Genetics

The Journal of Human Genetics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of human genetics and genomics. It was established in 1956 as the Japanese Journal of Human Genetics and was independently published by the Japan Society of Human Genetics. It obtained its current name in 1992. According to the Journal Citation Reports, Journal of Human Genetics has a 2020 impact factor of 3.172.[1]

Journal of Human Genetics
DisciplineHuman genetics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byToshihiro Tanaka
Publication details
Former name(s)
Japanese Journal of Human Genetics
History1956-present
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group on behalf of the Japan Society of Human Genetics (Japan)
FrequencyMonthly
3.172 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Hum. Genet.
Indexing
CODENJHGEFR
ISSN1434-5161 (print)
1435-232X (web)
LCCNsn98039238
OCLC no.474778834
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History

In 1998, Springer Science+Business Media took over publishing the journal. While under Springer, the publication frequency changed from bimonthly to monthly.

It has been published by the Nature Publishing Group since January 2009.

Since 2014, the editor-in-chief has been Naomichi Matsumoto (Yokohama City University).[2]

References

  1. "Journal of Human Genetics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
  2. Matsumoto, Naomichi (2014). "A message from the new Editor-in-Chief". Journal of Human Genetics. 59 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1038/jhg.2013.127. PMC 3937460. PMID 24596493.


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