人類遺傳學收集了世界各地的原始研究報告和簡短的交流，致力于人類群體遺傳學的方法學和應用研究、關聯和連鎖分析、疾病的遺傳機制和統計遺傳學的新方法，例如對罕見變異和結果的分析。OM下一代測序。這一信息對醫學許多分支的價值體現在該雜志在免疫學和血液學、流行病學和公共衛生規劃等領域的引文數量，以及至少50%的人類遺傳論文在發表后8年內仍被引用的事實（根據ISI期刊CIStation報告）。方法學專題專題專題（如2014年的“血緣和基因組學”；2015年的“遺傳學流行病學中的組學數據整合”；或回顧特定領域的進展（2014年的“歐洲人群的遺傳多樣性：進化證據和醫學含義”；“肥胖中的基因和環境”）。每年出版。邀請該領域的知名專家為這些特殊問題作出貢獻。

Gathering original research reports and short communications from all over the world, Human Heredity is devoted to methodological and applied research on the genetics of human populations, association and linkage analysis, genetic mechanisms of disease, and new methods for statistical genetics, for example, analysis of rare variants and results from next generation sequencing. The value of this information to many branches of medicine is shown by the number of citations the journal receives in fields ranging from immunology and hematology to epidemiology and public health planning, and the fact that at least 50% of all Human Heredity papers are still cited more than 8 years after publication (according to ISI Journal Citation Reports). Special issues on methodological topics (such as ‘Consanguinity and Genomics’ in 2014; ‘Integration of Omics Data in Genetic Epidemiology’ in 2015 or reviews of advances in particular fields (‘Genetic Diversity in European Populations: Evolutionary Evidence and Medical Implications’ in 2014; ‘Genes and the Environment in Obesity’ in 2013) are published every year. Renowned experts in the field are invited to contribute to these special issues.