# Human Mutation

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{{Other uses|Mutation (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox journal
| title = Human Mutation
| cover = File:Human_Mutation_journal_cover_volume_43_issue_7.png
| editor = [Garry R. Cutting](/source/Garry_R._Cutting)
| discipline = [Human genetics](/source/Human_genetics)
| abbreviation = Hum. Mutat.
| publisher = [Wiley-Liss](/source/Wiley-Liss) on behalf of the [Human Genome Variation Society](/source/Human_Genome_Variation_Society)
| country = 
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 1992–present
| openaccess = 
| license = 
| impact = 4.878
| impact-year = 2020
| website = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-1004
| link1 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-1004/currentissue
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-1004/issues
| link2-name = Online archive
| formernames = 
| JSTOR = 
| OCLC = 610376555
| LCCN = 92644035
| CODEN = HUMUE3
| ISSN = 1059-7794
| eISSN = 1098-1004
}}
'''''Human Mutation''''' is a [peer-reviewed](/source/Peer_review) [medical journal](/source/medical_journal) of [human genetics](/source/human_genetics) published by [Wiley-Liss](/source/Wiley-Liss) on behalf of the [Human Genome Variation Society](/source/Human_Genome_Variation_Society). It first appeared in 1992. The founding [editors-in-chief](/source/editors-in-chief) were [Haig H. Kazazian](/source/Haig_H._Kazazian) and [Richard G.H. Cotton](/source/Richard_Cotton_(geneticist)). Cotton served until his death in 2015, latterly with [Garry R. Cutting](/source/Garry_R._Cutting), who became sole EIC.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Infectious Enthusiasm! Larger than Life! That Laugh! That Smile! In Loving Memory of Richard G.H. (Dick) Cotton | doi=10.1002/humu.22990 | pmid=27030029 | volume=37|issue = 6|journal=Human Mutation|pages=598–615|year = 2016| s2cid=205923182 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

According to the ''[Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports)'', the journal has a 2020 [impact factor](/source/impact_factor) of 4.878, ranking it 44th out of 176 journals in the category "Genetics & Heredity".<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Genetics & Heredity |title=2020 [Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports) |publisher=[Clarivate](/source/Clarivate) |edition=Science |series=[Web of Science](/source/Web_of_Science)}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-1004}}
* [http://www.hgvs.org/ Human Genome Variation Society]

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