Journal of Heredity

The Journal of Heredity (not to be confused with the journal Heredity) is a scientific journal concerned with heredity in a biological sense, i.e. genetics. It was established in 1910 as the American Breeders' Magazine of the American Breeder's Association, both of which changed names in 1915 to the Journal of Heredity (volume 5) and the American Genetic Association.

Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Heredity is indexed in Science Citation Index, Current Contents/Life Sciences, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), EMBASE, BIOSIS Previews, and Chemical Abstracts Service.

Article types
The journal publishes articles in the following categories:


 * Research articles
 * Brief Communications
 * Computer Notes
 * Letters

and, on invitation:
 * Book reviews
 * Review articles
 * Perspectives
 * Symposium Articles