ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Aims and scope of journal

Heredity is the official journal of the Genetics Society. It covers a broad range of topics within the field of genetics and therefore papers must address conceptual or applied issues of interest to the journal's wide readership. The journal particularly encourages submissions in the following areas:

• population genetics (including human)
• genomics, functional genomics and proteomics
• evo-devo
• biometrical and statistical genetics
• ecological and evolutionary genetics
• animal and plant breeding
• cytogenetics

Heredity's original articles cover new theory and primary empirical research. The journal also publishes regular reviews and news & commentary articles.

Impact Factor

2008 Impact Factor: 3.823*

Rank:
39/138 Genetics & Heredity

*2008 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, 2009)

Abstracted/indexed in

AGRICOLA
Biological Abstracts
BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences
BIOSIS Previews
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts
Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
Current Contents/Life Sciences
EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
Genetics Abstracts
MEDLINE/Index Medicus
Research Alert
Science Citation Index
SciSearch and Social Sciences Citation Index
Zoological Research

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Heredity is 0018-067X, and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1365-2540.

Editors

Managing Editor

R K Butlin, UK

Reviews Editors

C Biémont, France
J Gadau, USA

Editors

J Hughes, Australia
L J Lawson Handley, UK
C Lexer, UK
T R Meagher, UK
J Pannell, UK

Podcast Editors

S C Le Comber, UK
E W McCarthy, UK

Editorial Board

L W Beukeboom, Netherlands
J M Burke, USA
K J Dawson, UK
K Fowler, UK
J Hermisson, Austria
P Hollingsworth, UK
G D D Hurst, UK
R A Nichols, UK
M G Ritchie, UK
K Ritland, Canada
T Robinson, South Africa
I J Saccheri, UK
C Schlötterer, Austria
D Skibinski, UK
C Stauffer, Austria
S Xu,USA
B Zwaan, Netherlands