The ''Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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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 ...
that covers research relevant to changes in
body composition
In physical fitness, body composition is used to describe the percentages of fat, bone, water, and muscle in human bodies. Because muscular tissue takes up less space in the body than fat tissue, body composition, as well as weight, determines l ...
, especially
cachexia
Cachexia () is a complex syndrome associated with an underlying illness, causing ongoing muscle loss that is not entirely reversed with nutritional supplementation. A range of diseases can cause cachexia, most commonly cancer, congestive heart fai ...
and
sarcopenia
Sarcopenia is a type of muscle loss (muscle atrophy) that occurs with aging and/or immobility. It is characterized by the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality, and strength. The rate of muscle loss is dependent on exercise level, c ...
, as consequences of chronic illnesses or of the aging process, respectively. It was established in 2010 and was originally published by
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 in ...
. As of January 2015, the journal is published by
Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley & Sons Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publish ...
in association with the
Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders
Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders (SCWD) is an international and multidisciplinary non-profit organization, created i2008that focuses on cachexia and sarcopenia. As they are often under-diagnosed, patient groups aim to impro ...
. The founding
editors-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are
Stefan D. Anker (
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité – Berlin University of Medicine) is one of Europe's largest university hospitals, affiliated with Humboldt University and Free University Berlin. With numerous Collaborative Research C ...
) and
Stephan von Haehling (
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded i ...
). As of November 2016, the journal has two daughter journals entitled
JCSM - Clinical Reports and
JCSM - Rapid Communications, dedicated to clinical and basic science, respectively.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
Embase,
Science Citation Index Expanded
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,
and
Scopus
Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-l ...
.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2017
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ...
of 12.511.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1007/13539.2190-6009
Quarterly journals
Academic journals established in 2010
Orthopedics journals
English-language journals
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