The ''American Journal of Human Genetics'' is a monthly

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in the field of

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. It was established in 1948 by the

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and covers all aspects of

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s, including the application of

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 10.502. The journal is published by

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became the editor-in-chief in the winter of 2017–2018.

Past editors-in-chief

* 1948–1951 — Charles W. Cotterham * 1952–1954 — Herluf H. Strandskov (1898–1984) * 1955— Laurence H. Snyder * 1956–1961 — Arthur G. Steinberg * 1962–1963 — C. Nash Herndon * 1964–1969 — H. Eldon Sutton * 1970–1975 —

Arno Motulsky Arno Gunther Motulsky (5 July 1923 – 17 January 2018) was a professor of medical genetics and genome sciences at the University of Washington. Through his research, writing and mentoring, he helped create and define the field of medical genetic ...

* 1976–1978 — William J. Mellman * 1979–1986 —

David E. Comings David E. Comings (born March 8, 1935) is an American medical geneticist and former chief of genetics at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, a position he held from 1966 until his 2002 retirement. He has served as the pr ...

* 1986–1993 — Charles J. Epstein * 1993–1999 — Peter H. Byers * 1999–2005 —

Stephen T. Warren Stephen T. Warren was an American geneticist and academic. He was the William Patterson Timmie Professor of Human Genetics and the Charles Howard Candler Chair of Human Genetics. He was the former Founding Chairman of the Department of Human Gene ...

* 2005–2011 —

Cynthia C. Morton Cynthia Casson Morton (born August 1, 1955) is an American geneticist, professor at Harvard Medical School, and director of cytogenetics at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Biography Morton graduated in 1973 from Maryland's Easton High School and in ...

* 2011–2017 —

David L. Nelson David L. Nelson (born 1956) is an American human geneticist, currently an associate director at the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (1995), and professor at the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor Col ...

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Past editors-in-chief

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