The ''Journal of the American Society of Nephrology'' is a peer-reviewed

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

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nephrology Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (ren ...

. It was established in 1966 and is published by the

American Society of Nephrology Founded in 1966, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is the world's largest professional society devoted to the study of kidney disease. Composed of over 20,000 physicians and scientists, ASN promotes expert patient care, advances medical r ...

. The editor-in-chief is Josephine P. Briggs. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 10.121, ranking it first in the field of nephrology.

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

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* Nephrology journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies of the United States Publications established in 2006 Monthly journals English-language journals {{Medical-journal-stub