The ''European Journal of Endocrinology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering

endocrinology Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...

with a focus on clinical and translational studies, research, and reviews in

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and adult endocrinology. It is the clinical journal of the European Society of Endocrinology. The

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is Wiebke Arlt (

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). The journal has been published by

Bioscientifica Established in 1996, Bioscientifica Ltd is the commercial subsidiary of the Society for Endocrinology, and provides publishing, events, and association management services to biomedical societies, and to the pharmaceutical industry. Although the ...

since 1999.

History

The journal was established in 1948 as ''Acta Endocrinologica'' by a group of

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n endocrinologists. The founding editor-in-chief was Axel Westman. The journal was originally sponsored by the national endocrine societies of

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, the

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, Sweden and Switzerland. Over its first four years the journal increased its publication frequency from four issues per year to nine issues; it has been published monthly since 1952. The editors-in-chief between 1948 and 1994 were Axel Westman, Christian Hamburger, Jörgen Starup, and Christian Binder. Albert G. Burger was the first editor-in-chief under the new name. In 1993 the journal became an official journal of the European Federation of Endocrine Societies (now European Society of Endocrinology). As part of this shift, the journal changed to its current name. Having had a broad scope covering both basic and clinical endocrine research since its foundation in 1948, the journal's

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announced in 2008 that it would no longer publish basic research but focus on translational and clinical endocrinology. This decision was made to establish the journal as the clinical and translational journal of the European Society of Endocrinology, complementing the Society's other official journals (''

Journal of Endocrinology The ''Journal of Endocrinology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research articles, reviews and commentaries. Its focus is on endocrine physiology and metabolism, including hormone secretion, hormone action, an ...

'', ''

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology The ''Journal of Molecular Endocrinology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published eight times per year. Its focus is on molecular and cellular mechanisms in endocrinology, including gene regulation, cell biology, signalling, mutations ...

'' and '' Endocrine-Related Cancer''). Editorial and review content is free to access from publication. Research articles become available for open access after 12 months (

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). In addition, authors can pay an

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upon acceptance to have their article made freely available online immediately upon publication ( hybrid open access).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 6.664.

References

External links

*{{Official website, 1=http://www.eje-online.org/ Endocrinology journals Publications established in 1948 Monthly journals English-language journals Academic journals associated with international learned and professional societies of Europe Bioscientifica academic journals Delayed open access journals Hybrid open access journals