人類遺傳學(xué)收集了世界各地的原始研究報(bào)告和簡(jiǎn)短的交流，致力于人類群體遺傳學(xué)的方法學(xué)和應(yīng)用研究、關(guān)聯(lián)和連鎖分析、疾病的遺傳機(jī)制和統(tǒng)計(jì)遺傳學(xué)的新方法，例如對(duì)罕見(jiàn)變異和結(jié)果的分析。OM下一代測(cè)序。這一信息對(duì)醫(yī)學(xué)許多分支的價(jià)值體現(xiàn)在該雜志在免疫學(xué)和血液學(xué)、流行病學(xué)和公共衛(wèi)生規(guī)劃等領(lǐng)域的引文數(shù)量，以及至少50%的人類遺傳論文在發(fā)表后8年內(nèi)仍被引用的事實(shí)（根據(jù)ISI期刊CIStation報(bào)告）。方法學(xué)專題專題專題（如2014年的“血緣和基因組學(xué)”；2015年的“遺傳學(xué)流行病學(xué)中的組學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)整合”；或回顧特定領(lǐng)域的進(jìn)展（2014年的“歐洲人群的遺傳多樣性：進(jìn)化證據(jù)和醫(yī)學(xué)含義”；“肥胖中的基因和環(huán)境”）。每年出版。邀請(qǐng)?jiān)擃I(lǐng)域的知名專家為這些特殊問(wèn)題作出貢獻(xiàn)。

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.