Endocrine

Endocrine is an international journal of basic and clinical endocrinology and metabolism, published by Springer and founded in 1994.《内分泌》是一份基础与临床内分泌学及代谢学领域的国际期刊，由 Springer 出版，创刊于 1994 年。

The title publishes molecular, cellular and physiological work beside translational and clinical studies, from proof of concept trials to full clinical research.该刊在转化与临床研究之外刊载分子、细胞与生理层面的工作，从概念验证试验到完整的临床研究都在其列。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3 and stands in the third quartile of endocrinology and metabolism.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在内分泌与代谢类目中列第三区。

Scope

• The journal covers endocrinology and metabolism across their whole extent, and it takes both laboratory work and work carried out on patients.该刊覆盖内分泌学与代谢学的全部范围，实验室工作与在患者身上开展的工作都在收载之列。

• Hormones of reproduction are a named area, and studies of the gonadal axis and of fertility have a place in its pages.生殖激素是点名领域，关于性腺轴与生育力的研究在该刊占有一席之地。

• Metabolism is treated in the round, and work on the handling of carbohydrate, lipid and protein is admitted.代谢得到整体的处理，关于糖类、脂质与蛋白质处置的工作也在接纳之列。

• Growth is part of the scope, and the journal carries work on growth hormone and on the disorders that follow from its excess or deficiency.生长是收稿范围的一部分，该刊刊载生长激素及其过多或不足所导致疾病方面的研究。

• Ion balance is named among the subjects, and the journal takes studies of calcium, phosphate and sodium regulation.离子平衡被点名为选题之一，该刊收载钙、磷与钠调节方面的研究。

• Basic research is admitted at the molecular, cellular and physiological levels, and the journal does not require a clinical finding for every paper.基础研究在分子、细胞与生理层面受到收载，该刊并不要求每篇论文都有临床发现。

• Translational work is welcomed, and the journal carries studies that move a laboratory result towards a patient.转化性工作受到欢迎，该刊刊载把实验室结果推向患者的考察。

• Clinical trials are treated as part of the remit, and the journal takes reports of studies designed to test a treatment in people.临床试验被视为收稿范围的一部分，该刊收载为在人体上检验疗法而设计的研究报告。

• Neuroendocrinology forms a strand of its own, and work on the hypothalamic and pituitary control of the other glands is admitted.神经内分泌学自成一支，关于下丘脑与垂体对其他腺体调控的研究也在接纳之列。

• Pituitary and hypothalamic peptides are covered, and the journal follows the signals that set the tone of the whole system.垂体与下丘脑肽得到覆盖，该刊追踪为整个系统定调的信号。

• Thyroid physiology and disease are treated at length, and the journal carries work both on thyroid function and on its clinical disorders.甲状腺的生理与疾病得到细致处理，该刊对甲状腺功能及其临床疾病两方面的工作都予收载。

• Bone and mineral metabolism is part of the scope, and studies of osteoporosis are named among the subjects the journal takes.骨与矿物质代谢是收稿范围的一部分，骨质疏松方面的研究被点名为该刊收载的选题。

• Obesity appears in the scope, and the journal carries work on energy balance and on the consequences of excess weight.肥胖见于收稿范围，该刊刊载能量平衡与体重过度的后果方面的研究。

• Lipid and energy metabolism and the control of food intake are named together, which reflects how closely the journal treats them.脂质与能量代谢以及进食控制被并列点名，这反映出该刊对它们处理得何等紧密。

• Insulin and diabetes are given prominence, and both type 1 and type 2 disease are named among the leading topics.胰岛素与糖尿病受到突出处理，1 型与 2 型疾病都被列为主要选题。

• Hormones of male and female reproduction and the axis that governs the stress response are covered in the same passage of the statement.男女两性的生殖激素以及主导应激反应的那条轴线，在该刊宗旨说明的同一段文字里一并得到覆盖。

• Pediatric and geriatric endocrinology are admitted, so that the subject is followed across the whole of life.儿童与老年内分泌学也在接纳之列，使这一选题贯穿人的一生。

• Endocrine hypertension and endocrine oncology are named as areas, and newly emerging endocrine related topics are invited.内分泌性高血压与内分泌肿瘤学被点名为领域，新近涌现的内分泌相关选题也在征集之列。

History

• The journal dates from 1994, and its first volumes were published from Basingstoke in Hampshire by Macmillan Press.该刊可上溯到 1994 年，早期各卷由麦克米伦出版社在汉普郡的贝辛斯托克出版。

• From 2011 the title has been issued from New York by Springer, and the house has published it since that time.自 2011 年起该刊由 Springer 在纽约出版，该社自那时起一直出版此刊。

• The journal comes out nine times a year, spread across three volumes with three issues apiece.该刊每年出版九期，分属三卷，每卷各三期。

• The print number is 1355-008X and the electronic number is 1559-0100.印刷版编号为 1355-008X，电子版编号为 1559-0100。

• MEDLINE and PubMed have carried the title from its sixth volume in 1997, and it also appears in Index Medicus.MEDLINE 与 PubMed 自 1997 年的第 6 卷起收录该刊，它也见于 Index Medicus。

• The impact indicator has moved from 3.633 and 3.925 to 3 and 2.9, and it stood at 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子从 3.633 与 3.925 变为 3 与 2.9，在 2025 年版为 3.3。

• Around a quarter of what the journal prints is free to read on publication, and the title runs a hybrid open access model.该刊约四分之一的论文在出版时即可免费阅读，刊物实行混合开放获取模式。

• An announcement in 2026 stated that the journal will become fully open access on the first day of 2027.2026 年的一则公告说明，该刊将于 2027 年元旦转为完全开放获取。

• Submissions received from the eighth of September 2026 are subject to a publication charge if they are accepted, subject to the waiver rules.自 2026 年 9 月 8 日起收到的投稿在获录用后须缴纳出版费用，减免规则另计。

• The journal reports that almost all of its authors, some ninety-four per cent, would be likely to publish with it again.该刊报告称，几乎所有作者，约百分之九十四，都有可能再次向它投稿。

• The editors present the journal as a home for newly emerging endocrine topics, and the scope is revised as the subject moves.编辑方把该刊呈现为新近涌现的内分泌选题的家园，选题范围随学科演进而修订。

• The journal takes case based material only where it teaches something general, and a report is expected to draw a lesson.该刊只在个案能带来一般性教益时才收载病例材料，报告须引出某种教益。

• Metabolic bone disease and the endocrine control of calcium are treated together, since the two are hard to separate in practice.代谢性骨病与钙的内分泌调控被一并处理，因为二者在实践中难以分开。

• Adrenal disease and the disorders of the pituitary are covered, and the journal follows the tests by which they are told apart.肾上腺疾病与垂体疾患得到覆盖，该刊追踪把它们区分开来的各种检验。

• Reproductive endocrinology and the management of infertility appear, and the journal carries work that joins a laboratory result to a clinical plan.生殖内分泌学与不育的处理也有出现，该刊刊载把实验室结果与临床方案连接起来的工作。

• Pediatric endocrinology is taken as a subject, and the journal carries work on growth and puberty in the young.小儿内分泌学自成一个选题，该刊刊载儿童生长与青春期方面的研究。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Sebastiano Filetti, who leads the editorial team.主编是（Sebastiano Filetti），由他带领编辑团队。

• The board is drawn from laboratories and clinics in several countries, so that a paper is judged by readers close to its subject.编委会取自数个国家的实验室与临床科室，使论文由贴近其主题的读者评判。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's online system and are sent to independent referees for peer review.稿件通过出版方的在线系统投递，并送交独立审稿人进行同行评审。

• The median time from submission to a first decision is given as twenty-one days.从投稿到首次决定的中位时长记为二十一天。

• A pre-submission checklist is offered to authors, and the journal publishes detailed guidelines for preparing a paper.刊物为作者提供投稿前检查清单，并公布论文准备的详细指南。

• Authors are asked to declare competing interests and to follow the publisher's policy on research integrity.作者须声明利益冲突，并遵循出版方的研究诚信政策。

• The journal takes several kinds of paper, and a brief report is admitted beside a full length original article.该刊接受多种类型的论文，短篇报告与完整长度的原创论文一并收载。

• Open access publication carries a charge once the journal has moved, and funding routes and waivers are set out on the journal's pages.在该刊完成转变之后，开放获取出版将收取费用，经费渠道与减免办法登载于刊物页面。

• The editorial office answers queries by email and guides authors through submission and through the revision stage.编辑部以电子邮件答复查询，并引导作者完成投稿与修回环节。

• The journal keeps a presence at endocrine meetings, and its editors meet the community that supplies its papers.该刊在内分泌学会议上保持存在，其编辑与供稿的学术群体面对面接触。