ABOUT THE JOURNAL

• Aims and scope of journal
• Impact factor
• Abstracted/indexed in
• ISSN and eISSN
• Editors

Aims and scope of journal

The Journal of Human Genetics seeks to promote research from all aspects of human genetics, including medical genetics and genomics. The journal accepts molecular, clinical or cytogenetic research articles, short reports and reviews.

Topics of particular interest within the journal's scope include, but are not limited to, those listed below:

• Medical genetics
• Human genome analysis
• Gene cloning and mapping
• Linkage and association analyses
• Mutational analysis
• Susceptibility genes to multifactorial disorders
• Human evolution
• Cancer genetics
• Gene therapy
• Genetic and functional analysis of animal models of disease or behaviour
• Genetic polymorphisms of biologically important genes
• Novel mutations found in patients with hereditary diseases
• Novel mutations found in cancer cells
• Population genetics

Impact factor

2008 Impact Factor: 2.431*

Rank
74/138 in genetics & heredity*

* Journal Citation Reports, Thomson Reuters, 2009

Abstracted/indexed in

• Abstracts in Anthropology
• Academic Search Alumni Edition
• Academic Search Complete
• Academic Search Elite
• Academic Search Premier
• Biological Abstracts
• Biological Sciences
• BIOSIS Previews
• Biotechnology Citation Index
• Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts
• Chemoreception Abstracts
• CSA Neurosciences Abstracts
• Current Contents /Life Sciences
• Elsevier Biobase
• Genetics Abstracts
• Global Health
• Google Scholar
• Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
• Medline
• PubMed
• Science Citation Index
• Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch )
• SCOPUS
• EMBASE

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Journal of Human Genetics is 1434-5161, and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1435-232X.

Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Katsushi Tokunaga, Tokyo

Associate Editors

Ituro Inoue, Isehara (Review Associate Editor)
Tadao Arinami, Tsukuba
Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Matsumoto
Akira Hata, Chiba
Robert A. Hegele, London, Ontario
Shiro Ikegawa, Tokyo
Johji Inazawa, Tokyo
Naoyuki Kamatani, Tokyo
Akinori Kimura, Tokyo
Jean-Marc Lalouel, Salt Lake City
Mark Lathrop, Evry
Yoichi Matsubara, Sendai
Tetsuro Miki, Ehime
Yoshio Miki, Tokyo
Tsutomu Ogata, Tokyo
Toshihiro Tanaka, Tokyo
Tatsushi Toda, Osaka
Gozoh Tsujimoto, Kyoto
Masao Yamada, Tokyo

Advisory Editors

Walter Bodmer
Ichiro Matsuda
Newton E. Morton
Arno G. Motulsky
Yasuo Nakagome
Yusuke Nakamura
Norio Niikawa
Takehiko Sasazuki
Grant R. Sutherland
Shoji Tsuji

Editorial Board

Stylianos E. Antonarakis
Robert J. Desnick
Louis J. Elsas ll
Beverly S. Emanuel
Yasuyuki Fukumaki
Kenshi Hayashi
Jan H. j. Hoeijmakes
Akira Horii
Tatsuro Ikeuchi
Takafumi Ishida
Yasuhiko Kaneko
Julie Korenberg
Kenneth H. Kraemer
Takeo Kubota
Hiroki Kurahashi
Je-Ho Lee
Naomichi Matsumoto
Judith Melki
Shinsei Minoshima
Felix Mitelman
Yoshinori Murakami
Kenji Naritomi
Gen Nishimura
Yasuharu Nishimura
Gilbert S. Omenn
John M. Opitz
Mitsuo Oshimura
Jae-Gahb Park
Kayoko Saito
Hiroyuki Sasaki
Jean-Marie Saudubray
Albert Schinzel
Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Nobuyuki Shimozawa
Kaoru Suzumori
Toshihisa Takagi
Jun Takeda
Mayumi Tamari
Toshio Tanaka
Barbara J. Trask
Naoyuki Tsuchiya
Lap-Chee Tsui
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
Jia-Hui Xia
Zentaro Yamagata
Kenichi Yamamura