Details

Aims and Scope

A critical look at hot issues in nephrology

Nephron comprises sections “Clinical Practice”, "World Kidney Health" and “Experimental Nephrology and Genetics”, which are under the editorship of internationally recognized leaders and specialized associate editors. Apart from high-quality original research, Nephron publishes invited reviews/mini-reviews on up-to-date topics. The section “Clinical Practice” also includes Second Opinion articles, which provide a platform for international experts and opinion leaders to cast a critical eye over published papers dealing with hot topics in clinical and experimental nephrology. The section "World Kidney Health" covers issues from global kidney health and pathologies, patient centeredness and patient care, healthcare environment and public health policy. The section “Experimental Nephrology and Genetics” includes case studies of genetic interest articles that provide clinically relevant examples of the genetic heterogeneity of renal diseases.

Bibliographic Details

Nephron
Journal Abbreviation: Nephron
ISSN: 1660-8151 (Print)
e-ISSN: 2235-3186 (Online)
DOI: 10.1159/issn.1660-8151
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Indexing/Abstracting

Listed in bibliographic services, including:

PubMed | US National Library of Medicine
MEDLINE | US National Library of Medicine
Web of Science | Clarivate Analytics
Science Citation Index | Clarivate Analytics
Science Citation Index Expanded | Clarivate Analytics
Current Contents - Clinical Medicine | Clarivate Analytics
Current Contents - Life Sciences | Clarivate Analytics
BIOSIS Previews | Clarivate Analytics
Google Scholar | Google
Chemical Abstracts Service | American Chemical Society
CAB Abstracts | CABI
Global Health | CABI
Scopus | Elsevier
Embase | Elsevier
Pathway Studio | Elsevier
CABS | Elsevier
Health Research Premium Collection | ProQuest
Medical Database | ProQuest
Health & Medical Collection | ProQuest
ProQuest Central | ProQuest
WorldCat | OCLC
Cabell's | Cabell's Whitelist

History

Founded 1964 by G. Richet and G.E. Schreiner
From 2003 to 2014, Nephron was published online as three independent subjournals: Nephron Clinical Practice, Nephron Experimental Nephrology, and Nephron Physiology.
Former Editors: S. Giovannetti (1972–1998); G.M. Berlyne (1972–2002); S. Ito (1998–2002); L.G. Fine (2003–2014)

Vol. 93-128 (2003-2014) were published online in the independent subjournals Nephron Clinical Practice, Nephron Experimental Nephrology and Nephron Physiology.