''Hormone Research in Paediatrics'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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covering
paediatric
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endocrinology
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published by
Karger Publishers
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and the
editor-in-chief
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is S. Cianfarani, Rome. It is an official journal of the
European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, the
Pediatric Endocrine Society and the
Sociedade Latino-Americana de Endocrinologia Pediátrica.
History
The journal was established in 1970 as ''Hormones'' and renamed ''Hormone Research'' in 1973, before obtaining its current title in 2011. The founding editor-in-chief was M. Marois, who was succeeded in 1976 by J. Girard. From 1996 to 2003 the journal was edited by M.B. Ranke, who was succeeded in 2004 by P. Czernichow.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Karger Publishers
Karger Publishers (also: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, S. Karger AG) is an academic publisher of scientific and medical journals and books. The current CEO is Daniel Ebneter.
History
The company was founded in 1890 in Berlin by Sam ...
'', the journal has a 2019
impact factor
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of 2.324.
References
External links
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European Society for Paediatric EndocrinologyPediatric Endocrine Society
Publications established in 1970
Endocrinology journals
English-language journals
Karger academic journals
Pediatrics journals
Monthly journals
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