Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

The Journal of Molecular Endocrinology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published eight times per year. Its focus is on molecular and cellular mechanisms in endocrinology, including gene regulation, cell biology, signalling, mutations and transgenesis.

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 editor-in-chief is Dr Sofianos Andrikopoulos (University of Melbourne). According to the ISI Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 2.947.

The Journal of Molecular Endocrinology was founded in 1988 in response to the rapid increase in research output in the areas of molecular and genetic endocrinology that had occurred as a result of technological advancements of the 1970s and 1980s, such as the development of recombinant DNA techniques, DNA sequencing and the invention of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The founding editor-in-chief was Barry L Brown.

The journal was conceived by members of the Society for Endocrinology and the editorial board of Journal of Endocrinology, as the existing publication’s sister journal. The Journal of Molecular Endocrinology was initially offered free of charge to all its subscribers. In its first year there were three issues of the journal published. This increased to six issues each year from 1989 to 2015 and, as of 2016, there are eight annual issues.