Human Genetics (journal)

Human Genetics is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of human genetics, including legal and social issues. It was established in 1964 by Arno Motulsky and Friedrich Vogel as the German-language Humangenetik, obtaining its current title in 1976.^[1] It is published by Springer Science+Business Media. Its editors-in-chief are David N. Cooper (Cardiff University) and Thomas J. Hudson (Ontario Institute for Cancer Research). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 5.3.^[2]

Human Genetics

Discipline	Human genetics
Language	English
Edited by	David N. Cooper, Thomas J. Hudson
Publication details
Former name(s)	Humangenetik
History	1964-present
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Frequency	Biweekly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	5.3 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Hum. Genet.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	0340-6717 (print) 1432-1203 (web)
LCCN	2004233658
OCLC no.	663900873
Links
Journal homepage Online archive

Ethics scandal

The journal published findings exploring the DNA of physical appearance traits of Uighur men from Tumxuk in 2019. One of the authors of the paper on DNA phenotyping said he had been unaware of the origins of the DNA samples. Springer Nature was reported to want to strengthen its ethics guidelines regarding "vulnerable groups of people" per a New York Times report.^[3]