Annals of Human Genetics
Published in association with University College, London
Edited by:
Andres Ruiz-Linares
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 84/138 Genetics & Heredity
Impact Factor: 2.195
The Annals of Human Genetics is an international journal publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research. The principal aim of the Annals is to increase understanding of the biology of human variation, both in disease and in health. In recent years it has become apparent that the study of population genetics is extremely relevant to molecular pathology. The interaction of these fields can greatly increase our understanding of the generation and maintenance of variation in the human genome.
The major topics covered in the Annals include:-
- Human genome variation
- Human population genetics
- Statistical genetics
- Genetics of common multifactorial diseases and other complex traits and QTLs
- Mendelian disorders and their molecular pathology
In each of these areas we welcome high quality articles providing original data and/or analysis, and also methodological papers, preferably including application to real data. Large datasets and additional material can be stored and made easily available through the journal web site. An absolute requirement of all papers will be that a general reader of the journal can understand from the summary of the paper what problem the authors are trying to solve.
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Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of this journal are available online. Click here to browse contents and abstracts. For further information on how to access these issues please visit our Librarian Site.
NIH-funded authors and Annals of Human Genetics
From April 2008, the NIH is mandating grantees to deposit their peer-reviewed author manuscripts in PubMed Central, to be made publicly available within 12 months of publication. The NIH mandate applies to all articles based on research that has been wholly or partially funded by the NIH and that are accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. In order to help authors comply with the NIH mandate, for papers accepted for publication in Annals of Human Genetics after this date Wiley-Blackwell will post the accepted manuscript (incorporating all amendments made during peer review, but prior to the publisher's copy-editing and typesetting) of articles by NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central at the point of acceptance by the journal. This version will then be made publicly available in PubMed Central 12 months after publication. Following the deposit Wiley-Blackwell authors will receive further communications from the NIH with respect to the submission. For further information, see here.
If authors wish to make their final published article openly accessible and without a 12 month embargo, they can choose to publish via the OnlineOpen service.
Wellcome and HHMI grantees can find out further information here.
Reduced rate subscriptions available to members of the ASHG and the ESHG!
Members of the American Society of Human Genetics or the European Society of Human Genetics can now subscribe to the print and online version of Annals of Human Genetics at the reduced rate of $105 / £70. Complete the online subscription form to take advantage of this special rate.
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Online Submission
You can now submit your manuscripts to Annals of Human Genetics online at ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as manuscript central).
Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Articles published online ahead of print
Articles which have been fully copy-edited and peer-reviewed are published online through our Early View feature before the print edition of this journal is published.
OnlineOpen
Authors of articles in this journal can now choose to make their articles open access and available free for all readers through the payment of an author fee. Read more.
TopHighlights
Free Files to Download
Here are a selection of articles which reflect the scope and level of commendable research recently published in the journal. These articles, selected by the Editors, are free content online:
Signatures of Positive Selection in Genes Associated with Human Skin Pigmentation as Revealed from Analyses of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
O. Lao, J. M. de Gruijter, K. van Duijn, A. Navarro, M. Kayser
Application of multi-locus analytical methods to identify interacting loci in case-control studies
S.H.H.M. Vermeulen, M. Den Heijer, P. Sham, J. Knight
Multivariate Linkage Analysis of Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
Anthony P. Monaco
Regression-based Multivariate Linkage Analysis with an Application to Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index
T. Wang, R.C. Elston
