Human Heredity

Aims & Scope

Gathering original research reports and short communications from all over the world, Human Heredity is devoted to methodological and applied research on the genetics of human populations, association and linkage analysis, genetic mechanisms of disease, and new methods for statistical genetics, for example, analysis of rare variants and results from next generation sequencing.

The value of this information to many branches of medicine is shown by the number of citations the journal receives in fields ranging from immunology and hematology to epidemiology and public health planning, and the fact that at least 50% of all Human Heredity papers are still cited more than 8 years after publication (according to ISI Journal Citation Reports).

Special issues on methodological topics (such as ‘Consanguinity and Genomics’ in 2014; ‘Integration of Omics Data in Genetic Epidemiology’ in 2015 or reviews of advances in particular fields (‘Genetic Diversity in European Populations: Evolutionary Evidence and Medical Implications’ in 2014; ‘Genes and the Environment in Obesity’ in 2013) are published every year.

Renowned experts in the field are invited to contribute to these special issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11910

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	42

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.484

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	66

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A General Model for the Genetic Analysis of Pedigree Data

  Citation: 1068

  Authors: R.C., J.

• The Ubiquitous Nature of Epistasis in Determining Susceptibility to Common Human Diseases

  Citation: 556

  Authors: Jason H.

• Testing Association of Statistically Inferred Haplotypes with Discrete and Continuous Traits in Samples of Unrelated Individuals

  Citation: 540

  Authors: Dmitri V., Peter H., S. Stanley, Maha A., Michael J., Margaret G.

• Likelihood-Based Association Analysis for Nuclear Families and Unrelated Subjects with Missing Genotype Data

  Citation: 516

  Authors: Frank

• A Unified Approach to Adjusting Association Tests for Population Admixture with Arbitrary Pedigree Structure and Arbitrary Missing Marker Information

  Citation: 461

  Authors: Daniel, Nan

• Avoiding Recomputation in Linkage Analysis

  Citation: 445

  Authors: Alejandro A., Sandeep K., K., Robert W.

• Exploiting Gene-Environment Interaction to Detect Genetic Associations

  Citation: 375

  Authors: Peter, Yu-Chun, Daniel O., John, W. James

• Estimation and Tests of Haplotype-Environment Interaction when Linkage Phase Is Ambiguous

  Citation: 363

  Authors: S.L., H., K., E.K., S.T., N.M., D.J.

• A Haplotype-Based Haplotype Relative Risk’ Approach to Detecting Allelic Associations

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Joseph D., Jurg

• Detecting Disease Associations due to Linkage Disequilibrium Using Haplotype Tags: A Class of Tests and the Determinants of Statistical Power

  Citation: 337

  Authors: Juliet M., Jason D., John A., David G.

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