Journal of Endocrinology
The Journal of Endocrinology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research articles, reviews and commentaries. Its focus is on endocrine physiology and metabolism, including hormone secretion, hormone action, and biological effects. The journal considers basic and translational studies at the organ and whole organism level. The journal is published by Bioscientifica on behalf of the Society for Endocrinology. It is also an official journal of the European Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society of Australia. The co-editors-in-chief are Martin Haluzík (Charles University) and Colin Farquharson (University of Edinburgh). According  to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.286. History. The journal was conceived by Sir Charles Dodds Bart FRS (the founding editor-in-chief), Sir Frank Young FRS, Sir Alan Parkes FRS, and Lord Solly Zuckerman OM KCB FRS in 1937. The first issue was published in 1939 (it took two years to process the papers from draft manuscript to print) and contained 45 research articles. By 1946, five volumes had been published. In February 1946, 22 previous contributors unanimously resolved to form the Society for Endocrinology and invited all previous authors to be  founding members. Editorial board member Alan Parkes was elected as the Society's first Chairman. From 1946, the number of issues that the journal published gradually increased. From 1953 to 1960 there were between five and seven issues published each year, and from 1961 to 1965 there were eight to nine issues. Since 1966, the journal has been published monthly. The technological explosion of the 1970s and 1980s, exemplified by the development of recombinant DNA techniques, DNA sequencing, and the invention of PCR, resulted in an increase in research output in the areas of molecular and genetic endocrinology. In response  to this, a sister journal entitled "Journal of Molecular Endocrinology" was founded in 1988. In 2006, the "Journal of Endocrinology" was adopted as an official journal of the European Society of Endocrinology and, in 2014, of the Endocrine Society of Australia. <ref>