"Medical Genetics" is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific-practical journal, an official organ of the Russian Society of Medical Genetics, appeared since July 2002. The founders are Russian Society of Medical Genetics (RSMG), Russian academy of medical sciences (RAMS), FSBSI “Research Center for Medical Genetics”, and Publishing House “Genius Media” LLC. Editor in chief of the journal became RAMS academician E.K. Ginter.

Journal "Medical Genetics" is enrolled in “List of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and periodicals, where basic scientific results must be published from a dissertation applying for the academic degree of doctor and candidate of sciences”, and indexed in Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).