The ''Journal of Endocrinology'' is a monthly

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that publishes original research articles, reviews and commentaries. Its focus is on

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and

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, including

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secretion, hormone action, and biological effects. The journal considers

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and translational studies at the organ and whole organism level. The journal is published by Bioscientifica on behalf of the Society for Endocrinology. It is also an official journal of the European Society of Endocrinology and the

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. The co-

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are Martin Haluzík (

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) and Colin Farquharson (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 4.286.

History

The journal was conceived by Sir

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Bart FRS (the founding editor-in-chief), Sir Frank Young FRS, Sir Alan Parkes FRS, and Lord Solly Zuckerman OM KCB FRS in 1937. The first issue was published in 1939 (it took two years to process the papers from draft manuscript to print) and contained 45 research articles. By 1946, five volumes had been published. In February 1946, 22 previous contributors unanimously resolved to form the Society for Endocrinology and invited all previous authors to be founding members.

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member Alan Parkes was elected as the society's first chairman. From 1946, the number of issues that the journal published gradually increased. From 1953 to 1960 there were between five and seven issues published each year, and from 1961 to 1965 there were eight to nine issues. Since 1966, the journal has been published monthly. The technological explosion of the 1970s and 1980s, exemplified by the development of

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, resulted in an increase in research output in the areas of molecular and genetic endocrinology. In response to this, a sister journal entitled ''

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 ...

'' was founded in 1988. In 2006, the ''Journal of Endocrinology'' was adopted as an official journal of the European Society of Endocrinology and, in 2014, of the Endocrine Society of Australia. The regular use of

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methods in work published in the journal, as well as its molecular-focused sister journal, often resulted in a blurred line between the subject areas covered. Consequently, in 2011 it was decided by the Publications Committee of the Society for Endocrinology that the two journals would have a single joint

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. This came into being at the start of 2012. While papers would still be submitted to one or other of the journals, the senior editors would have the opportunity to suggest that manuscripts be transferred between publications.

Editors–in–chief

The following people are or have been editor-in-chief: * 1975–1980: Bernard Donovan * 1981–1984: Alf Cowie * 1985–1992: Gavin Vinson * 1993–1999: Alan McNeilly * 2000–2004: Steve Hillier * 2005–2008: Julian Davis * 2009–2015: Adrian Clark * 2015–2019: Sofianos Andrikopoulos * 2018–present: Colin Farquharson * 2019–present: Martin Haluzík

Online access

The journal was first published online in September 1997 in

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format. From October 2004, the online offering was extended to include the

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full text version of articles. All peer-reviewed editorial and review content is free to access from publication. For the first 12 months, research articles are accessible for those at subscribing institutions and members of the Society for Endocrinology and the European Society of Endocrinology before being made available to the public for free ( delayed open access). In addition, the journal offers a

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option (

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Abstracting and indexing

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

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of 4.286.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://joe.bioscientifica.com//
Endocrine Society of Australia
Endocrinology journals Publications established in 1939 Monthly journals English-language journals Bioscientifica academic journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies