Human Mutation

{{Other uses|Mutation (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = Human Mutation

| cover = File:Human_Mutation_journal_cover_volume_43_issue_7.png

| editor = Garry R. Cutting

| discipline = Human genetics

| abbreviation = Hum. Mutat.

| publisher = Wiley-Liss on behalf of the 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 medical journal of human genetics published by Wiley-Liss on behalf of the Human Genome Variation Society. It first appeared in 1992. The founding editors-in-chief were Haig H. Kazazian and Richard G.H. Cotton. Cotton served until his death in 2015, latterly with Garry R. Cutting, who became sole EIC.{{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}}

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.878, ranking it 44th out of 176 journals in the category "Genetics & Heredity".{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Genetics & Heredity |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science |series=Web of Science}}