Andrology

Andrology is the shared journal of two learned societies working in male reproductive health, one American and one European, and since January 2013 it has been published by Wiley-Blackwell in Oxford, appearing eight times a year.《男性学》是美国与欧洲两个学会在男性生殖健康领域共办的期刊，2013 年 1 月起由牛津的 Wiley-Blackwell 出版，每年出八期。

Scope

• The publisher's own summary of the journal's purpose is to increase the visibility, the impact and the prominence of the discipline that studies the male reproductive system.出版方对该刊宗旨的概括是，提高这一研究男性生殖系统的学科的可见度、影响力与地位。

• The journal covers the basic and clinical aspects of the male reproductive system, with the gonads, the endocrine organs and the accessory organs all in view, and it does so in all species.该刊处理男性生殖系统的基础与临床问题，性腺、内分泌器官与附属性器官都在视野之内，并且适用于所有物种。

• Diagnosis and treatment of medical problems linked with sexual development sit at the centre of the clinical side of the journal.与性发育相关的医学问题的诊断与治疗构成该刊临床一面的核心。

• Infertility is a long-standing theme, from the causes of failed spermatogenesis to the laboratory analysis of semen and the techniques of assisted reproduction.不育是长期主题，从生精障碍的成因到精液实验室分析与辅助生殖技术都有涉及。

• Sexual dysfunction and the actions of sex hormones form a second long-standing line of work in the journal.性功能障碍与性激素的作用构成本刊另一条长期的研究线索。

• Urological problems of the male pelvis, prostate disease and prostate cancer also fall inside the clinical remit.男性盆腔的泌尿问题、前列腺疾病与前列腺癌也在其临床范围之内。

• Species coverage is not limited to humans, and work on livestock and on laboratory models of testicular biology appears regularly.刊物的物种覆盖并不限于人类，家畜与睾丸生物学的实验室模型研究也经常出现。

• The national medical library indexes the journal under the main subject heading for the discipline itself, with endocrine system diseases and testicular hormones as further headings.美国国立医学图书馆把该刊归入本学科的主主题词之下，并以内分泌系统疾病与睾丸激素为辅助主题词。

• The journal's own topic distribution puts sperm and testicular function first, followed by reproductive biology and fertility, hormonal control of reproduction, sexual function and dysfunction, and male reproductive health as a subject in its own right.该刊自身的主题分布以精子与睾丸功能居首，其后是生殖生物学与生育力。其余靠前的题目依次有生殖的激素调控、性功能与性功能障碍，以及作为独立学科的男性生殖健康。

• Clinical papers sit beside laboratory ones, and the publisher treats clinical research articles and basic research articles as separate categories.临床论文与实验室论文并列，出版方把临床研究论文与基础研究论文列为不同类别。

• The publisher's clinical practice guidelines are written by a task force that the European academy appoints, and they carry graded recommendations.出版方的临床实践指南由欧洲学会任命的工作组撰写，并给出分级的推荐意见。

• Meta-analyses are expected to focus on the specific efficacy of a diagnostic procedure or of a treatment.荟萃分析要求聚焦于某项诊断程序或某项治疗手段的具体效力。

• A 2026 editorial widened the door for unsolicited reviews and asked for reviews that synthesise emerging fields or settle open questions rather than merely summarise literature.2026 年的一篇社论向非邀约综述敞开大门，要求综述能综合新兴领域或厘清悬而未决的问题，而非仅仅归纳既有文献。

• Basic research submissions are judged first on mechanism, and the same editorial made clear that well executed descriptive studies are welcome when they add real knowledge.基础研究投稿首先看机制深度，同一篇社论也说明执行严谨、解读得当的描述性研究同样受到欢迎。

• Special issues are a standing feature of the journal, and each is put together by guest editors drawn from the field.专刊是该刊的常设栏目，每一期都由来自学界的客座编辑主持。

• The journal also carries work on the genetics and epigenetics of male fertility, on endocrine disrupting chemicals, and on the health of the offspring of fathers.该刊还刊载男性生育力的遗传与表观遗传研究、内分泌干扰物研究，以及父亲一侧对子代健康的影响研究。

• Also present are papers on sexual differentiation and disorders of sex development, on the prostate, on adrenal hormones, and on the clinical handling of testicular tumours.此外还有性分化与性发育异常方面的论文。前列腺、肾上腺激素以及睾丸肿瘤的临床处置同样是常见题目。

• Congress reports are a regular feature, the fifth international congress on male contraceptive methods held in Bethesda in June 2026 being the most recent.会议报道是常设栏目，最近一次是 2026 年 6 月在贝塞斯达举行的第五届国际男性避孕方法大会。

History

• The title began in January 2013, when the two owning societies merged their periodicals into one journal, and the first volume opened with an editorial by its two founding editors.该刊始于 2013 年 1 月，两个主办学会把各自的刊物合并成一本期刊，第一卷以两位创始主编合写的社论开篇。^[1]

• (Douglas T. Carrell) and (Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts) wrote that opening editorial from Edinburgh and from Copenhagen.这篇开篇社论由（Douglas T. Carrell）与（Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts）分别自爱丁堡与哥本哈根执笔。

• The national medical library records the new title as formed by the union of the two earlier ones, and gives its first issue as volume 1 number 1 dated January 2013.美国国立医学图书馆把新刊记为两本前身刊的合并体，首期记作第 1 卷第 1 期，出版时间为 2013 年 1 月。

• The European academy's predecessor had run from Copenhagen since February 1978 under the imprint of Scriptor, and moved to Oxford under Blackwell in April 1992.欧洲学会的前身刊自 1978 年 2 月起在哥本哈根由 Scriptor 出版，1992 年 4 月迁至牛津由 Blackwell 承接。

• The American society's predecessor had appeared from Philadelphia and Toronto under Lippincott from January 1980, and moved to Lawrence in Kansas under Allen Press in 2000.美国学会的前身刊自 1980 年 1 月起在费城与多伦多由 Lippincott 出版，2000 年迁至堪萨斯州劳伦斯由 Allen Press 承接。

• Both predecessors ran to the end of 2012, one closing with volume 35 number 6 and the other with volume 33 number 6, and neither volume sequence carried over.两本前身刊都办到 2012 年底，一本止于第 35 卷第 6 期，另一本止于第 33 卷第 6 期，卷号都没有延续到新刊。

• The title therefore starts its own volume sequence at one, and the continuity it inherits lies in the two societies and their readership rather than in the numbering.该刊因此自第 1 卷重新起算，它继承的连续性体现在两个学会及其读者群之上，而非体现在卷号上。

• The imprint recorded for it is Oxford with Wiley-Blackwell from 2013, and the country of publication is given as England.编目记录给出的印地为牛津与 Wiley-Blackwell，起点年份为 2013，出版国别记作英格兰。

• The catalogue lists both societies as the corporate authors of the serial, and each of them appoints one of the two editors.编目记录把两个学会都列为该连续出版物的团体著者，两个学会各任命两位编辑中的一位。

• The journal was indexed in MEDLINE from its first issue in January 2013, and the catalogue gives the same starting point for its first volume.该刊自 2013 年 1 月首期起被 MEDLINE 收录，编目记录给出的首卷起点也是同一时间。

• The publishing frequency was six issues a year for the first nine volumes, with issues in the odd months from January to November.前九卷的出版频次为每年六期，期号落在 1 月至 11 月的奇数月。

• From volume 10 in 2022 the journal moved to eight issues a year, adding issues in February and October to the odd months.自 2022 年的第 10 卷起改为每年八期，在原有的奇数月之外增加了 2 月与 10 月两期。

• The catalogue still describes the current frequency as bimonthly, which the issue records since 2022 no longer bear out.编目记录仍把现行频次写作双月刊，而 2022 年以来的期号已经不能印证这一点。

• A second editorial, in the October 2022 supplement, closed the account of the older periodical and welcomed the journal that had taken its place.另一篇刊在 2022 年 10 月增刊上的社论为旧刊作结，并欢迎接替它的新刊。^[2]

• The publisher works with the two societies as co-owners, and the journal keeps a hybrid model under which articles become free to all users twelve months after they appear in an issue.出版方与两个学会以共同主办方的身份合作，刊物实行混合模式，论文在正式刊出十二个月后向所有用户免费开放。

• Authors are not asked for publication charges or for page charges, and every submission passes a duplicate publication screening step.作者无需缴纳发表费与版面费，每份投稿都要经过一道重复发表筛查。

• An editorial in the middle of 2026 announced a renewal of the editorial team and of several policies at once.2026 年年中的一篇社论同时宣布了编辑团队的更新与数项政策调整。

Editors

• The journal is run by two editors, an Editor-in-Chief and a Deputy Editor, who share the work of directing peer review, choosing associate editors, making the final decisions on papers and reporting to the two societies.该刊由两位编辑主持，一位主编与一位副主编。两人共同负责主导同行评审，遴选副主编，就稿件作最终决定，并向两个学会汇报。

• Since 2026 the Editor-in-Chief has been (Wei Yan), who signed the July 2026 editorial introducing the new Deputy Editor and setting out the plans for the coming years.自 2026 年起，主编为（Wei Yan），由他在 2026 年 7 月的社论中署名引介新任副主编，并提出未来几年的安排。^[3]

• The Deputy Editor is (Emmanuele Jannini), a professor of endocrinology and medical sexology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata who chairs the education committee of the European academy.副主编为（Emmanuele Jannini），他是罗马第二大学内分泌学与医学性学教授，并担任欧洲学会教育委员会主席。

• The two editors are expected to cover complementary ground, one taking the basic side of the field and the other the clinical side, and the deputy editor oversees clinical and clinically oriented submissions.两位编辑的专长应当互补，一位侧重基础研究，一位侧重临床研究，副主编具体负责临床方向以及偏临床的稿件。

• The editors are helped by editorial assistants and by a board of associate editors who handle the peer review, while the wider editorial board is made up of experts willing to serve as reviewers.两位编辑配有编辑部助理协助，并由负责同行评审的副主编委员会分担审稿工作，更宽的编委会则由愿意担任审稿人的专家组成。

• The 2026 editorial set out a plan to draw the associate editors from the circle of high performing reviewing editors and outstanding ad hoc reviewers, which keeps the board close to the research community it serves.2026 年的社论提出从表现突出的评审编辑与临时审稿人中遴选副主编，使编委会与它所服务的研究社区保持紧密联系。

• The same editorial widened the range of articles the journal accepts, ending a tradition of relying mainly on invited reviews.同一篇社论放宽了可接受的文章类型，结束了主要依赖邀约综述的传统。

• Under the new rules both invited and unsolicited reviews are welcome, provided they meet the standards of scholarship, balance and conceptual depth.按新规，邀约与非邀约综述都可投稿，前提是达到学识、平衡与概念深度方面的要求。

• The journal keeps annual awards for the best review article, the best original research article and the best reviewer, presented at the meetings of the two societies.该刊在两个学会的年会上颁发年度奖项，设有最佳综述论文、最佳原创研究论文与最佳审稿人三项。

• Trainees who have published one paper as first author can join the reviewer pool with a supporting letter from a mentor.只需以第一作者发表过一篇论文并附上导师推荐信，青年研究者即可进入审稿人队伍。

• The editorial team also runs a programme of interviews and featured profiles of the scientists who shape the discipline.编辑团队还运行一套人物访谈与专题人物介绍的栏目，用以呈现塑造这一学科的学者。

• Special issues are put together by guest editors from the field, recent examples being a set on gonadotropins and their receptors in May 2026 and one on periconceptional paternal exposures in July 2025.专刊由学界的客座编辑主持，近期的例子包括 2026 年 5 月的促性腺激素及其受体专刊，以及 2025 年 7 月的受孕前后父亲暴露专刊。

• The guest editors of that May 2026 issue were (Livio Casarini) and (Frederic Jean-Alphonse), together with (Aylin C. Hanyaloglu) and (Clara Lazzaretti).该期客座编辑共四位，分别是（Livio Casarini）与（Frederic Jean-Alphonse），以及（Aylin C. Hanyaloglu）和（Clara Lazzaretti）。

• An earlier special issue on the biology and clinic of the epididymis in July 2024 was edited by (Andreas Meinhardt) and (Thomas Berger), with (Ralf Middendorff).2024 年 7 月的一期专刊谈的是附睾的生物学与临床，由（Andreas Meinhardt）与（Thomas Berger）以及（Ralf Middendorff）共同编辑。

• Other recent guest editors include (Maris Laan) for a July 2025 issue, and (Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg) with (Michael Eisenberg) for the January 2025 issue.近期的客座编辑还包括主持 2025 年 7 月一期的（Maris Laan），以及共同主持 2025 年 1 月一期的（Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg）与（Michael Eisenberg）。

• (Robert John Aitken) wrote the introduction to the November 2023 special issue on sperm DNA integrity.2023 年 11 月关于精子 DNA 完整性的专刊序言由（Robert John Aitken）撰写。

• An editorial on page five of the first issue of volume 10 in 2022 bade farewell to (Manuela Simoni) and welcomed (Aleksander Giwercman) in her place.2022 年第 10 卷第 1 期第 5 页的一篇社论向（Manuela Simoni）致意告别，并欢迎（Aleksander Giwercman）接任。

• The academy that owns the journal appointed a governing council for 2026 to 2028, with (Hermann Behre) as president, (Giovanni Corona) as secretary, (Davor Ježek) as treasurer and (Csilla Krausz) as past president.主办该刊的欧洲学会设有 2026 至 2028 年的执行委员会，（Hermann Behre）任主席，（Giovanni Corona）任秘书，（Davor Ježek）任财务主管，（Csilla Krausz）为前任主席。

• The deputy editor sits on that council as an ex officio member, alongside the president of the network for young researchers in the field.副主编以当然成员的身份列席该委员会，青年研究者网络主席与之同列。