Endocrine Connections

Endocrine Connections is a fully open access journal publishing basic, translational, and clinical research and reviews in all areas of endocrinology, including work on non-classical hormone-producing tissues and endocrine-related disciplines.《内分泌学联络》（Endocrine Connections）是一份完全开放获取期刊，发表内分泌学所有领域的基础、转化与临床研究及综述，包括非经典激素分泌组织与内分泌相关学科的研究。

Scope

The journal's stated aim is to publish high-quality research across all areas of endocrinology, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表内分泌学所有领域的高质量研究，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Classical endocrinology: research on the function and regulation of classical endocrine glands, including the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, and gonads, and the hormones they produce.经典内分泌学： 关于下丘脑、垂体、甲状腺、甲状旁腺、肾上腺、胰腺与性腺等经典内分泌腺功能与调节及其分泌激素的研究。
• Non-classical endocrine tissues: studies on hormone production and action in non-classical tissues, including adipose tissue, the gastrointestinal tract, the immune system, the skeleton, and the heart, as sources or targets of hormones.非经典内分泌组织： 关于脂肪组织、胃肠道、免疫系统、骨骼与心脏等非经典组织中激素产生与作用的研究，这些组织可作为激素的来源或靶标。
• Translational and clinical endocrinology: work on endocrine disorders such as diabetes, obesity, thyroid disease, osteoporosis, adrenal disorders, and reproductive endocrinology, including their diagnosis, treatment, and clinical management.转化与临床内分泌学： 关于糖尿病、肥胖、甲状腺疾病、骨质疏松、肾上腺疾病与生殖内分泌等内分泌紊乱的研究，涵盖其诊断、治疗与临床管理等。
• Interdisciplinary endocrinology: research at the intersection of endocrinology with other biomedical disciplines, including metabolism, neuroscience, immunology, oncology, and cardiovascular medicine, where endocrine mechanisms play a role.跨学科内分泌学： 内分泌学与代谢、神经科学、免疫学、肿瘤学与心血管医学等其他生物医学学科交叉处的研究，前提是内分泌机制发挥作用。
• Article types: original research articles, reviews, short communications, and commentaries, with the journal welcoming work from basic, translational, and clinical endocrinologists.栏目设置： 接受原创研究论文、综述、短讯与评论，欢迎来自基础、转化与临床内分泌学家的工作。

History

• Founding: the journal was launched in 2012 by the Society for Endocrinology, the European Society of Endocrinology, and Bioscientifica to provide a fully open access venue for endocrinology research.创刊： 该刊 2012 年由内分泌学会、欧洲内分泌学会与 Bioscientifica 共同创刊，为内分泌学研究提供完全开放获取平台。
• Open access: throughout its history the journal has been published as a gold open access journal, reflecting the founding organizations' commitment to making endocrine research freely available.开放获取： 在整个历史中该刊一直以金色开放获取模式出版，体现创始机构让内分泌研究免费获取的承诺。
• Editorial succession: the journal has been led by editors including Adrian J. L. Clark, with Faisal Ahmed appointed as editor-in-chief from January 2024.编辑传承： 该刊历任主编包括艾德里安·克拉克，费萨尔·艾哈迈德于 2024 年 1 月被任命为主编。

Editors

The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by associate editors and an international editorial board:该刊由主编领导，副编辑与国际编委会协助工作：

• Editor-in-chief: S. Faisal Ahmed, Professor of Child Health at the University of Glasgow and consultant paediatric endocrinologist, whose research focuses on the developmental origins of health and disease, growth, and paediatric endocrinology.主编： 费萨尔·艾哈迈德（S. Faisal Ahmed），格拉斯哥大学儿童健康教授、儿科内分泌顾问医师，研究方向为健康与疾病的发育起源、生长与儿科内分泌学。
• Associate editors: associate editors cover the major areas within the journal's scope, from classical endocrinology to translational and clinical research, and support the handling of manuscripts across these areas.副编辑团队： 副编辑覆盖刊物范围内从经典内分泌学到转化与临床研究的主要领域，协助处理这些领域的稿件。
• Review model: manuscripts undergo single-blind peer review by external experts, with final decisions made by the editor-in-chief based on scientific rigor, novelty, and relevance to endocrinology.评审模式： 稿件由外部专家进行单盲同行评审，主编基于科学严谨性、新颖性与对内科学的相关性做出最终决定。