''Genetics in Medicine'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering

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. It is the official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). It was established in 1998 and has been published jointly by

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on behalf of the ACMG since 2012, though it was originally published by

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. The

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is Robert D. Steiner MD (

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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/Life Sciences * EMBASE *

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* Science Citation Index Expanded According to the ''

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'', the journal had a 2020

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of 8.822, ranking it 15th out of 175 journals in the category "Genetics & Heredity".

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External links

*{{Official website, http://www.nature.com/gim/ Medical genetics journals Nature Research academic journals Monthly journals Publications established in 1998 English-language journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies