The European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) is delighted to announce the launch of two new multidisciplinary, open-access journals, ‘Environmental Endocrinology’ and ‘Obesity and Endocrinology’. The Journals will be published by Oxford University Press, with the launch issues scheduled for the second quarter of 2025.
The Environmental Endocrinology journal will publish high-quality clinical, translational, and basic research on all aspects of environmental impacts on hormone systems in humans and living systems, incorporating the One Health perspective. The Journal will welcome submissions from a broad range of research disciplines: including epidemiology, climate research, toxicological sciences, endocrinology and developmental biology.
The Obesity and Endocrinology journal is dedicated to advancing and understanding obesity through comprehensive coverage of basic, translational and clinical aspects of endocrinology, both in respect to the complexity of obesity as an endocrine disease, and its biology, diagnostics, treatment and relationship with other endocrine and metabolic diseases. The Journal will also incorporate the interplay between the microbiome and the exposome as well as the sociological, political and global implications of this complex area.
Jérôme Bertherat, ESE President, said: “We are delighted to expand the Society’s journal portfolio with the launch of Environmental Endocrinology and Obesity and Endocrinology. The global rise in obesity and diabetes, and the prevalence and use in industry of potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals mean there is a need for high-quality research in these topical fields, and we expect the Journals to serve as timely and valuable resources for the scientific community, practitioners, policy makers and the general public.”
Obesity and Endocrinology’s Editor-in-Chief is Professor Melania Manco, a clinical research scientist and consultant endocrinologist at the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome, Italy. She holds a PhD in nutrition and metabolism, and in 2020 was awarded National Habilitation as a Full Professor of Endocrinology. She is co-chair of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management (COMs) Working Group, and is an active member of several professional societies, including as a board member of the Italian Society of Obesity (SIO) and from 2017-2019, Chair of the Obesity Study Group within the Italian Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP). She has been involved in journal editorial boards since 2008.
“I am thrilled and honoured to take up this position as the first Editor-in-Chief of Obesity and Endocrinology. As an endocrinologist with a robust expertise in obesity, I aspire to leverage my experience and insights to serve as a unifying voice, bridging the realms of endocrinology and metabolic science together within the endocrine community,” said Professor Manco. “In light of the evolving landscape of obesity, characterised by shifting clinical definitions and therapeutic challenges, I am eager to facilitate discourse and disseminate cutting-edge research that addresses these issues. I look forward to working with the editorial board to further advance the understanding of obesity, what will set us apart is our almost exclusive focus on the endocrine aspects of this complex disease.”
Professor Manco will be supported by an editorial board and associate editors renowned in the field of obesity and with a strong background in endocrinology.
Environmental Endocrinology’s Editor-in-Chief, is Professor Josef Köhrle is a Senior Professor, Molecular Endocrinology at the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. He holds a PhD in biochemistry and endocrinology from University of Hanover, Germany; and was awarded Habilitation for Experimental Endocrinology, Medizinische Hochschule in Hanover. He has served at leading endocrinology publications for many years and currently co-leads ESE’s Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals Working Group and is co-chair of ESE’s Focus Area in Environmental Endocrinology.
The launch issues are scheduled for the second quarter of 2025 and submissions are now being welcomed via the Journal’s website.
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