Annals of Human Genetics

{{Infobox journal

| title = Annals of Human Genetics

| formernames = Annals of Eugenics

| cover = Cover Annals of Human Genetics 2005.jpg

| discipline = Human genetics

| abbreviation = Ann. Hum. Genet.

| editor = Rosemary Ekong

| publisher = John Wiley & Sons

| country =

| frequency = Bimonthly

| history = 1925–present

| impact = 1.670

| impact-year = 2020

| website = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-1809

| link1 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-1809/currentissue

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-1809/issues

| link2-name = Online archive

| ISSN = 0003-4800

| eISSN = 1469-1809

| OCLC = 472337129

| LCCN = 28012242

| CODEN = ANHGAA

}}

The Annals of Human Genetics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering human genetics. It was established in 1925 by Karl Pearson as the Annals of Eugenics, with as subtitle, Darwin's epigram "I have no Faith in anything short of actual measurement and the rule of three".{{cite journal |last=Stigler|first=Stephen |title=Darwin, Galton and the Statistical Enlightenment |journal=Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A |date=July 2010 |volume=173 |issue=3 |pages=469–482 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-985X.2010.00643.x}} The journal obtained its current name in 1954 to reflect changing perceptions on eugenics.{{cite journal |last=Barnett |first=Richard |title=Eugenics |journal=The Lancet |date=May 2004 |volume=363 |issue=9422 |page=1742 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16280-6|pmid=15158655 |s2cid=208793829 }}

History

=Annals of Eugenics=

Pearson edited the journal from 1925 to 1933. In a brief valedictory letter published at the time of his resignation, Pearson wrote that he had fallen short of his aspirations, having published only five volumes over eight years due to the limited financial resources of the Galton Laboratory. He reaffirmed his belief that eugenics was worthy as a subject of academic study and as a source of public policy, but warned against hastily adopting eugenic legislation, noting that the field contained too many theories weakly supported by anecdote or opinion.{{cite journal | last1 = Pearson | first1 = Karl | year = 1933 | title= Vale! | journal = Annals of Eugenics | volume = 5| issue = 4| page = 416 | doi =10.1111/j.1469-1809.1933.tb02102.x |doi-access=free}}

Ronald Fisher took over as editor in 1934 and with Humphry Rolleston, Reginald Ruggles Gates and Dr John Alexander Fraser Roberts on the editorial board. The journal focused more clearly on genetics and mathematical statistics.

{{cite journal | title=Foreword| journal=Annals of Eugenics | volume=6|issue=1|doi=10.1111/j.1469-1809.1934.tb02103.x|year= 1934 | pages=i |doi-access=free}}

= Ethical issues with rejection of an article related to China =

In June 2021, the Annals refused to publish an article, coauthored by David Curtis, its editor-in-chief at the time, suggesting that academic journals should take a stance against China's human rights violations in Xinjiang.{{cite news |title=Science journal editor says he quit over China boycott article |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jun/30/science-journal-editor-says-he-quit-over-china-boycott-article |work=The Guardian |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=28 August 2023|language=en}} The journal has defended rejecting the piece and claimed that a boycott against China would be unfair and counterproductive (other journals also rejected the piece). It also denied being unduly deferential to China.

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External links

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