Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Title	Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Discipline	Nephrology
Abbreviation	J Am Soc Nephrol
Publisher	American Society of Nephrology
Country	United States
History	1990–present
Frequency	Monthly
Impact	9.0

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Society of Nephrology focusing on clinical and basic research in kidney disease, renal physiology, and transplantation. The journal serves as a primary venue for work from investigators affiliated with institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, and Massachusetts General Hospital, and it is frequently cited alongside publications from New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Nature Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Cell.

History

The journal was established in 1990 amid expansions in subspecialty publishing that included launches like Annals of Internal Medicine expansions and reorganizations within societies such as the American Medical Association and Royal Society of Medicine. Early editorial boards recruited leaders from centers including University of California, San Francisco, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Stanford University School of Medicine, and University of Michigan Medical School. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s the journal paralleled advances reported at meetings such as the European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association congresses, the annual meetings of the American Society of Nephrology, and symposia associated with National Institutes of Health, National Kidney Foundation, and World Health Organization initiatives on chronic kidney disease.

Scope and content

The journal publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, and clinical practice updates spanning basic science and clinical nephrology, with frequently cited topics that intersect work from investigators at Stanford University, Yale School of Medicine, University of Toronto, University College London, and Imperial College London. Contributions address mechanisms of renal injury studied with methods developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Max Planck Society-affiliated laboratories, while translational and clinical reports often come from trials coordinated with sites like Duke University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Karolinska Institutet, and University of Oxford. The journal includes studies on transplantation referencing guidelines from United Network for Organ Sharing, outcomes paralleling registries such as United States Renal Data System, and epidemiology informed by work at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization collaborations.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in major bibliographic databases and citation services alongside titles like Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and BMJ. It appears in indexing platforms maintained by organizations including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and databases curated by National Library of Medicine and Clarivate Analytics. Abstracting facilitates cross-referencing with clinical trial registries such as ClinicalTrials.gov and meta-analyses published in outlets like Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Impact and reception

The journal's impact factor and citation metrics are tracked by entities including Clarivate Analytics and Scimago Journal Rank, and its articles are frequently cited in guidelines produced by bodies such as the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes foundation, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology. Influential papers have shaped practice similarly to landmark reports from New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, and findings are discussed at conferences held by American Society of Nephrology and international congresses including World Congress of Nephrology. The journal has been noted in commentary by editors at Nature, responses in JAMA, and reviews in specialist outlets like Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Editorial leadership and peer review

Editorial leadership has historically included editors and associate editors affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Mount Sinai Health System, and University of Washington. The journal operates a peer-review process involving external reviewers drawn from academic centers such as Columbia University Irving Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, McGill University, University of British Columbia, and Seoul National University Hospital, and it adheres to ethical guidelines promulgated by organizations including the Committee on Publication Ethics and principles aligned with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

Publication details and access

Published on a monthly schedule by the American Society of Nephrology, the journal offers subscription access and has adopted online-first publication practices compatible with platforms used by publishers like Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, and Springer Nature. Online content is discoverable via library consortia such as HathiTrust, institutional repositories at universities including Princeton University, University of Chicago, and University of California campuses, and it is subject to digital preservation standards endorsed by organizations like CLOCKSS and Portico.

Category:Nephrology journals