Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

The Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease is the official journal of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, published by Wiley, established in 1978 and devoted to inherited metabolic disorders, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.8（Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease）是（Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism）的官方期刊，由 Wiley 出版，创刊于 1978 年，专注遗传性代谢病，2025 年影响因子为 3.8。

Scope

• The management and understanding of inherited metabolic disorders遗传性代谢病的管理与认识。
• Original research and new or important observations relating to inherited metabolic disease in humans and higher animals人类与高等动物遗传性代谢病的原创研究及新的或重要观察。
• Reviews and short reports arising from the Society's annual symposia源自学会年会的综述与短篇报告。
• Inborn errors of metabolism spanning biochemical, genetic, clinical and therapeutic aspects涵盖生化、遗传、临床与治疗各方面的先天性代谢缺陷。
• A companion open-access journal, JIMD Reports, publishes case reports and short findings配套开放获取期刊（JIMD Reports）发表病例报告与短篇发现。

History

• The journal was established in 1978 as the official organ of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, a society constituted in 1963该刊 1978 年创刊，为（Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism）的官方刊物，该学会成立于 1963 年。
• All the proceedings of the Society's annual symposia have been published in the journal since 1978自 1978 年起，学会历届年会的论文集均在该刊发表。
• The companion journal JIMD Reports was launched in 2011 and became fully open access in 2019配套期刊（JIMD Reports）2011 年创刊，2019 年起转为完全开放获取。
• Wiley became the publisher of both journals in 2019, taking over from the previous publisher, and the impact factor reached 3.8 in 20252019 年 Wiley 从前出版方接手两刊的出版，影响因子于 2025 年达到 3.8。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Matthias Baumgartner of Zurich and Shamima Rahman of University College London现任主编为（Zurich）的 Matthias Baumgartner 与（University College London）的 Shamima Rahman。
• The editor-in-chief position was previously held by Johannes Zschocke主编一职此前由 Johannes Zschocke 担任。
• Themed issues are handled by guest editors, such as Manuel Schiff and Peter Clayton for the SSIEM birthday issue专题刊由客座编辑主持，例如（SSIEM）生日专刊由 Manuel Schiff 与 Peter Clayton 负责。
• All submissions are peer reviewed, with a 24% acceptance rate and a median time to first decision of five days所有稿件均经同行评审，录用率约 24%，初审中位时间为 5 天。