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Personalized approaches to managing hypertension in kidney patients
Guest Editors:
Liliana Garneata, MD, PhD, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Guido Gembillo, MD, PhD, University of Messina, Italy
Submission Status: Open until 25 March 2025
Immune system regulation in the kidneys
Guest Editor:
Kevin Woollard, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Submission Status: Open until 17 March 2025
Poisoning and intoxication-related acute kidney injury
Guest Editors:
Lakshmi Kannan, MBBS, MD, FASN, FNKF, University of Pikeville and Pikeville Medical Center, USA
Eranga Sanjeewa Wijewickrama, MBBS, MD, PhD, MRCP, FRCP, FASN, FISN, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Submission Status: Open until 14 February 2025
Decellularized organs and renal engineering
Guest Editors:
Peter Corridon, PhD, MEng, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
Abdol-Mohammad Kajbafzadeh, MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Submission Status: Open until 14 February 2025
Advances in acute kidney injury
Guest Editor:
Jakob Gubenšek, PhD, MD, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
Submission Status: Open until 3 January 2025
Omics approaches in nephrology: from gene to protein
Guest Editors:
Andrew Mallett, MBBS, MMed, PhD, CF, AFRACMA, FASN, FISN, FRCP, FRACP, James Cook University, Australia
Yun Miao, MD, PhD, Southern Medical University, China
John Andrew Sayer, MBChB, PhD, Newcastle University, UK
Submission Status: Open until 29 November 2024
Pediatric chronic kidney disease: transitioning into adult care
Guest Editor:
Vimal Master Sankar Raj, MD, University of Illinois at Peoria, USA
Submission Status: Open until 12 November 2024
Advances in renal transplantation
Guest Editors:
Nada Alachkar, MD, FASN, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Debasish Banerjee, MD, FASN, FHEA, FRCP, St George's University of London, UK
Rahul Mainra, MD, MMed, FRCPC, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Submission Status: Open until 8 November 2024
Artificial intelligence in nephrology
Guest Editors:
Miguel Hueso Val: Bellvitge University Hospital, Spain
Alfredo Vellido: Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
Submission Status: Open until 10 October 2024
Chronic kidney disease and women’s health
Guest Editors:
Monica C. Beaulieu: University of British Columbia, Canada
Min Feng: Sun Yat-sen University, China
Imed Helal: Medical Director, Diaverum Holding, US
Elizabeth Hendren: University of British Columbia, Canada
Priti Meena: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
Submission Status: Open until 6 October 2024
Kidney lymphatics
Guest Editors:
Megan L Baker, MD, Yale University, USA
Hengcheng Zhang, MD, PhD, Harvard University, USA
Submission Status: Open until 18 September 2024
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Outpatient management of the kidney patient for the primary care practitioner
Guest Editors:
Bernard G Jaar, MD, MPH: Nephrologist, Epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Sumeska Thavarajah: Nephrologist at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
David S. Weisman: Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown School of Medicine, Washington, DC
2018
Article Collection: Pioneers of Nephrology
Edited by: Dr. Giorgina Piccoli, Dr. Bernard Jaar, Dr. Hayley Henderson
2017
Guidelines: Renal Association Clinical Practice Guidelines
Edited by: The Renal Association
2016
Article collection: Low protein diets and nutritional therapies in CKD: investigating the current global trends
Edited by: Dr. Giorgina Piccoli, Dr. Adamasco Cupisti, Dr. Hayley Henderson
2015
Article collection: Perspectives on Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka
Edited by: Dr. Bernard Jaar
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BMC Nephrology is affiliated with the UK Kidney Association
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 2.2
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.6
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.907
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.697
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 22
Submission to acceptance (median days): 158
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Downloads: 3,053,628
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