Carina Schlebusch is the Editor-in-Chief of the HPGG journal


Joshua Akey, Professor, Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, USA, and Carina Schlebusch, Professor, Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden, are the Editors-in-Chief.

The Human Population Genetics and Genomics Journal  (HPGG; ISSN 2770-5005) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly by Pivot Science Publications. This journal aims to publish discoveries and recent breakthroughs in the area of human population genetics and genomics, including but not limited to:

  • gene/genome structure and organization
  • evolutionary genetics
  • molecular anthropology
  • paleogenomics
  • medical genetics and genetic epidemiology
  • disease-association studies
  • genetics of complex disease
  • behavioral genetics
  • forensics
  • bioinformatics
  • related ethical, legal and social issues.

Articles may be accepted for publication as original research articles, case reports, perspectives, reviews, editorials, short communications, and letters.


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