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European Journal of Endocrinology

European Journal of Endocrinology is a journal of the European Society of Endocrinology published on Oxford Academic in the field of endocrinology and metabolism. It publishes research articles, review articles, letters, and clinical practice guidelines, and offers both open access and subscription options.

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Subject Endocrinology & Metabolism
Impact Factor 5.2
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0804-4643
eISSN 1479-683X
Invitation Only Yes
Cost Range Hybrid journal with open access and subscription publishing options; ESE members receive a 50% discount on article processing charges.

Submission Instructions

European Journal of Endocrinology is an invitation-only journal. Submissions are accepted by invitation from the editorial board only. The following article types are accepted:

Original Research Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required and must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must use the headings Objective, Design, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Manuscript Full article must not exceed 3500 words, excluding references, figure legends, abstract, significance statement and acknowledgements. Manuscript must include a separate title page and the main text should include Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion sections. Manuscript must include a significance statement of no more than 120 words and include Conflict of Interest, Funding, Acknowledgements, and Data Availability Statement sections.
References References must use Vancouver style. References must be numbered in the order cited in the text, and every in-text citation must appear in the reference list and vice versa.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, while each figure must be submitted as a separate file with its title and legend included in the manuscript file. Tables must be numbered in citation order and each table must include a single-sentence title that includes the name of the organism studied.
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Review Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required for Review Articles.
Manuscript Full article must not exceed 3500 words, excluding references, figure legends, abstract, significance statement, and acknowledgements. Review Articles should include a title page, abstract, conclusions, references, tables, and figures. Manuscript must include a Conflict of Interest statement, and the title page must include all author names as they should appear in PubMed, author affiliations, the corresponding author’s postal and email address, a title of no more than 85 characters, and a short title of no more than 46 characters including spaces.
References References must follow AMA style.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, figure titles and legends must be included within the manuscript file, each figure must be submitted as an individual image file, and the Graphical Abstract must be uploaded separately as a document titled 'Graphical Abstract'. Review Articles should include tables and figures, and the Graphical Abstract should concisely communicate the main findings, reflect key parts of the abstract, use minimal text, focus on imagery, and use relevant images rather than re-using figures from the paper.
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Systematic Review

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must be no more than 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must use the headings Objective, Design, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Manuscript Full article must not exceed 3500 words, excluding references, figure legends, abstract, significance statement and acknowledgements. Manuscript must include Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion sections, and Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis manuscripts must include a separate title page. Manuscript must include a significance statement of no more than 120 words and Conflict of Interest, Funding, Acknowledgements, and Data Availability Statement sections.
References References must use Vancouver style. References must be provided in numerical order as cited in the text, all references cited in the text must be included in the reference list, and web-address-only references must be cited in the text with the access date and omitted from the reference list.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, and tables too large for print publication must be submitted as supplementary data. Tables must be concise, numbered in the order cited in the text, and include a single-sentence title at the head of the table that names the organism studied.
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Meta-Analysis

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must be no more than 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must use the headings Objective, Design, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Manuscript Full article must not exceed 3500 words excluding references, figure legends, abstract, significance statement and acknowledgments. Manuscript must include Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion sections. Manuscript must include a graphical abstract submitted separately, a significance statement of no more than 120 words, and Conflict of Interest, Funding, Acknowledgements, and Data Availability Statement sections.
References References must use Vancouver style. References must be numbered in numerical order as cited in the text, with every in-text citation listed in the references and every listed reference cited in the text.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text and each figure must be submitted as a separate image file with figure titles and legends included in the manuscript file. Tables must be numbered in the order cited in the text and each table must have a single-sentence title including the organism studied.
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Brief Report

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must be a maximum of 150 words. Abstract must be unstructured and describe methods and findings without subheadings.
Manuscript Brief Report must not exceed 1500 words unless specified otherwise by the editors. Brief Report should be structured with the sections Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conflict of Interest, Funding, Acknowledgements, Data Availability Statement, and References. Brief Report must include a significance statement of no more than 120 words.
References References must be provided in numerical order as cited in the text using Vancouver style. All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list and vice versa, and web-address-only references must be cited in the text with the access date instead of being included in the reference list.
Figures & Tables Brief Report may include up to 3 tables or figures. Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, and each figure must be submitted as an individual image file with figure titles and legends included in the manuscript file. Tables must be numbered in the order cited in the text and each table must include a single-sentence title that names the organism studied.
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Guideline

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Guideline articles are usually expected to be within a range of 6,000 to 10,000 words. Guideline submissions must include a separate title page containing all author names as they should appear in PubMed, author affiliations, the corresponding author’s postal and email address, a title of no more than 85 characters, a short title of no more than 46 characters including spaces, and the full-article word count excluding references, figure legends, abstract, significance statement and acknowledgments. The manuscript must include a Conflict of Interest statement and include acknowledgments and funding information at the end of the manuscript.
References Manuscripts must follow AMA style.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, figure titles and legends must be included within the manuscript file, and each figure must be submitted as an individual image file. Tables must be in an editable format and not embedded as image files.
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Consensus Statement

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Full article must not exceed 3500 words, excluding references, figure legends, abstract, significance statement, and acknowledgements. Manuscript must include a Conflict of Interest statement, acknowledgments and funding information at the end, and at least four keywords on a separate title page.
References References must follow AMA style. Publicly available datasets must be included in the reference list with an accession number or unique identifier such as a DOI, and data citations should begin with the [dataset] tag.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, while each figure must be submitted as a separate image file with titles and legends included in the manuscript file. Tables must be numbered, cited in the text, and provided in editable format rather than as image files, and multipanel figures must be submitted as a single file with each panel labeled by a letter.
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Letter

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Letter must not exceed 800 words. Letter must comment on a European Journal of Endocrinology article published within the last six months, referring to the online publication date, and must include a separate title page. Manuscript must include a Conflict of Interest statement, acknowledgments and funding information at the end, and at least four keywords on the title page.
References References and manuscript style must follow AMA style. Publicly available datasets cited in the manuscript must be included in the reference list with an accession number or unique identifier such as a DOI and should begin with the [dataset] tag.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, while figure titles and legends and alt text must appear in the manuscript file and each figure must be submitted as an individual image file. Tables must be numbered, referenced in the text, and provided in editable rather than image format.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Guideline articles are usually expected to be within a range of 6,000 to 10,000 words. Clinical Practice Guidelines submissions must include a separate title page with author names, affiliations, corresponding author postal and email address, a title of no more than 85 characters, a short title of no more than 46 characters including spaces, and the full-article word count excluding references, figure legends, abstract, significance statement and acknowledgments. The manuscript must include a Conflict of Interest statement and end sections for acknowledgments and funding information.
References Manuscripts must follow AMA style. All publicly available datasets must be fully referenced in the reference list with an accession number or unique identifier such as a DOI.
Figures & Tables Tables must be placed at the end of the main text, figure titles and legends must be included within the manuscript file, and each figure must be submitted as an individual image file. All tables must be numbered and referenced in the text, tables must be in an editable format and not embedded as image files, and alt text must be provided in the manuscript directly under each relevant figure legend.
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Recent Publications

BMI as a partitioning factor for estradiol and estrone reference intervals in middle-aged men and postmenopausal women

M Kruijt, R de Mutsert, A van Hylckama Vlieg, F R Rosendaal, J J Hillebrand, M den Heijer, A C Heijboer

10.1093/ejendo/lvag194
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Machine Learning Quantifies Within-Subject Facial Change in Acromegaly

Ali Ammar, Hana Hadley, Saif Rjaibi, Adam Levitan, Chris Brogly, Alireza Sadeghian, Michael D Cusimano, Mihaly Kis, Jeannette Goguen, Shereen Ezzat, Michael Chicoine, Domenico Solari, Stephanie Cheok, Garni Barkhoudarian, Ian McCutcheon, Joao Paulo Almeida, Donato Pacione, Gabriel Zada, Hani Marcus, Adam Mamelak, James Liu, Michael Catalino, Tomas Garzon Muvdi, Nelson Oyesiku, Jill Sisco, Pat McBride, Muriel Marks, Miranda Day, Kesava Reddy, Karan Singh, Olli Saarela, Ashirbani Saha, Fahad Alkherayf, Euihyun Kimx

10.1093/ejendo/lvag189
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A Genetic Risk Approach to Differential Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes and Risk Stratification in the Spanish Population

Laura Saso-Jiménez, Inés Urrutia, Maitane González-Arceo, Hector Diez, Josu Aurrekoetxea-Oribe, Begona Calvo, Jose Ramón Bilbao, Itxaso Rica, Nuria Valdés, Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Silvia Bonàs-Guarch, Josep María Mercader, Jorge Ferrer, Luis Castano, Rosa Martínez, A C Aranaga-Decori, C Baquero, J Corcuera, E Fernández-Rubio, S Gómez-Conde, G Grau, S Huerga, X Irusta, I Martínez de Lapiscina, N Portillo, M Sánchez-Morán, V Urquijo, A Vela, C Fernández-Ramos, G Rojo, M S Ruiz de Adana

10.1093/ejendo/lvag188
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Carbonyl Reductase 1 regulates prednisolone clearance and modifies its adverse effect profile

Riccardo Pofi, Tom Potter, Sergi Coll, Nantia Othonos, Hamish Miller, Sarah White, Michelle Haylock, Núria Monfort, Rosa Ventura, Jeremy W Tomlinson

10.1093/ejendo/lvag193
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Diagnostic Utility of Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Profiles in Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Hypercortisolism

Fidéline Bonnet-Serrano, Jonathan Poirier, Ralph El Khoury, Louis Thomeret, Nesrine Benanteur, Anne Jouinot, Marie-Clémence Leguy, Anna Vaczlavik, Lucas Bouys, Laurence Guignat, Lionel Groussin, Guillaume Assié, Jean Guibourdenche, Jérôme Bertherat

10.1093/ejendo/lvag192
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Accepted papers are published online within 48 hours of receiving a signed licence. The journal aims to return a decision on a peer-reviewed paper in less than a month. Appeals rejected without external review are aimed to receive a response within a few days, and appeals after full peer review within one week.

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What are the publication costs?

Hybrid journal with open access and subscription publishing options; ESE members receive a 50% discount on article processing charges.

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Research Topics

Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Hormonal and reproductive studies Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Adrenal Hormones and Disorders Estrogen and related hormone effects Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Ovarian function and disorders Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones Stress Responses and Cortisol Birth, Development, and Health Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Regulation of Appetite and Obesity Pancreatic function and diabetes Diet and metabolism studies Reproductive Biology and Fertility Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Diabetes and associated disorders Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Electrolyte and hormonal disorders

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