Human Molecular Genetics
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Human Molecular Genetics, first published in 1992, is a semimonthly peer reviewed, scientific journal
Scientific journal
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, published by The Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
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. The journal's focus is research papers on all topics related to human molecular genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....

. In addition, two "special review" issues are published each year. There are three professors who share the title of Executive Editor for this journal: Professor Kay Davies from the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
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, Professor Anthony Wynshaw-Boris from the University of California
University of California
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 in San Francisco, and Professor Joel Hirschhorn from Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
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This journal was first published as Volume 1 Number 1 in April of 1992 by IRL Press of Oxford England.

Impact factor

The impact factor for 2006 was 8.099, for 2007 it was 7.806, for 2008 it was 7.249. The current impact factor for 2009 is 7.386.

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