As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
COVID-19 and impact on peer review
Featured article: Selenium and at-risk pregnancy: challenges and controversies
This review By Leonidas Duntas aims to summarize the current knowledge regarding selenium deficiency and excess in pregnancy outcome as well as to briefly describe the challenges and controversies concerning selenium supplementation in pregnant women with selenium deficiency with or without concomitant thyroid disease.
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Thyroid hemiagenesis with a TI-RADS 2 nodule in the contralateral lobe
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A case of thyrotoxicosis-induced anemia in a patient with painless thyroiditis
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Clinical outcome of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer and raised antithyroglobulin antibody levels: a retrospective study
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Prevalence of thyroid carcinoma in nodules with thy 3 cytology: the role of preoperative ultrasonography and strain elastography
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Assessment of Japanese iodine intake based on seaweed consumption in Japan: A literature-based analysis
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The thyroid gland and the process of aging; what is new?
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The mechanisms of atrial fibrillation in hyperthyroidism
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Hashimoto thyroiditis is more frequent than expected when diagnosed by cytology which uncovers a pre-clinical state
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The upper limit for TSH during pregnancy: why we should stop using fixed limits of 2.5 or 3.0 mU/l
Prof Bijay Vaidya, Editor-in-Chief
Bijay Vaidya is Consultant Endocrinologist at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, and Honorary Clinical Professor at the University of Exeter Medical School, United Kingdom. He obtained his MBBS degree from the Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga, India and a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
He has clinical and research interest in thyroid diseases, particularly thyroid disorders in pregnancy. He has served as Treasurer and an Executive Committee Member of the British Thyroid Association, and is a member of the Clinical Committeee of the UK Society for Endocrinology and the Thyroid Eye Disease Amsterdam Declaration Implementation Group UK (TEAMeD UK). He has served on the ETA Guidelines Task Forces for ‘Non-autoimmune hyperthyroidism due to TSHR mutations’ and ‘Subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnant women and children’ and the Royal College of Physicians Guidelines Task Force for ‘Management of Thyroid Eye Disease’.
Prof Vaidya has co-authored over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
45 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
39 days to first decision for all manuscripts
94 days from submission to acceptance
10 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
0.979 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.565 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
2.600 - CiteScore
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