American Journal of Nephrology

American Journal of Nephrology is a bimonthly journal published by Karger, founded in 1981, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.8.《美国肾脏病杂志》是 Karger 出版的双月刊，1981 年创刊，2025 年《期刊引证报告》给出的影响因子为 3.8。

Scope

• The journal is a peer reviewed international title focused on timely topics in both basic science and clinical research, and its papers are divided into original reports spanning clinical, basic and outcomes research, in-depth topic reviews on subjects chosen by the editor and the associate editors, and invited debates on hot topics determined by the editorial board.该刊是一本聚焦基础科学与临床研究前沿议题的同行评议国际期刊，论文分为三类：涵盖临床、基础与结局研究的原创报告，由主编与副主编选定题目的深度专题综述，以及由编委会确定热点议题后组织特邀的讨论。

• The journal keeps a tight publication schedule, with accepted papers appearing online in the unedited original manuscript version within a few days of acceptance and the final version published within five to six weeks of acceptance.该刊的出版节奏很紧，录用稿件在几天内即以未经编辑的原始稿形式在线出现，最终版本在录用后五至六周内出版。

• The publisher reports an Impact Factor of 3.8 in the first quartile of urology and nephrology in the Science Citation Index Expanded and a CiteScore of 6.3, and the current issue is volume 57 number 5, dated October 2026.出版方公布该刊影响因子为 3.8，在科学引文索引扩展版的泌尿与肾脏病类目处第一区，CiteScore 为 6.3；当前一期为第 57 卷第 5 期，日期是 2026 年 10 月。

• The 2025 Journal Citation Reports gives a five-year figure of 4.2, a Journal Citation Indicator of 1.19, 5641 citations and 84 articles, with an immediacy of 0.7, a cited half-life of 8.7 years and 15.92 per cent of the articles published in gold open access.《期刊引证报告》2025 年给出的五年影响因子为 4.2，期刊引证指标 1.19，总被引 5641 次、论文 84 篇，即时指数 0.7，被引半衰期 8.7 年，以黄金开放获取方式发表的论文占 15.92%。

History

• The National Library of Medicine records the title as published in Basel and New York by Karger from 1981, beginning with issue 1 on 1 April 1981, and the record is still held under that original imprint.美国国家医学图书馆记录该刊自 1981 年起由 Karger 在巴塞尔与纽约出版，1981 年 4 月 1 日以第 1 期起始，目录至今仍保留最初的出版记载。

• The recorded frequency has drifted over the decades, with four issues a year in 1981, six a year from 1982 to 2008 and twelve a year from 2009, while the current volumes carry six numbered issues and the journal has settled into a bimonthly rhythm.目录记载的刊期在几十年间几度变化，1981 年每年四期，1982 年至 2008 年每年六期，2009 年起每年十二期，而当前各卷只编出六个期号，该刊实际已稳定在双月刊节奏上。

• The journal now sits on the Oxford Academic platform, where the pages carry a Karger copyright and the editorial board is maintained at the same address, while article pages are still served from the original Karger address.该刊现已设在 Oxford Academic 平台上，页面标注的版权仍属 Karger，编委会在同址维护，文章页面则仍由 Karger 的原地址提供。

• The printed identifier is 0250-8095 and the electronic one 1421-9670, and the journal is indexed in MEDLINE, where a search of the National Library of Medicine returns 4616 records.该刊的印刷版标识为 0250-8095、电子版为 1421-9670，并被 MEDLINE 收录，在美国国家医学图书馆检索可得到 4616 条记录。

Editors

• David C. Wheeler of University College London is Editor-in-Chief, and the journal names one Associate Editor together with a further thirty-five named associate editors, among them Jonathan Barratt of the University of Leicester, Stefan Berger of the University of Groningen, Manfred Hecking of the Medical University of Vienna and Carmine Zoccali of the Renal Research Institute in New York.主编是伦敦大学学院的（David C. Wheeler）；刊方另列了一位副主编以及三十五位具名副主编，其中有莱斯特大学的（Jonathan Barratt）、格罗宁根大学的（Stefan Berger）、维也纳医科大学的（Manfred Hecking）与纽约肾脏研究所的（Carmine Zoccali）。

• The editorial board proper adds around forty further names, and the United States supplies most of them through institutions in Texas, Chicago, Vanderbilt, Maryland and California, with others from Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, France and Hong Kong.正式编委会另列约四十位成员，美国方面人数最多，涉及多地的医学院与医院，加拿大、澳大利亚、瑞士、日本、法国与香港也有成员。

• The publisher maintains a curated collection of high-impact articles for the journal, and the journal's editorial policies are published on the platform together with the author guidelines.出版方为该刊维护了一个高影响力文章专辑，该刊的编辑政策与作者指南一并公布在平台上。