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Fibrosis and Cancer Intersection

We are welcoming submissions to our new collection on the intersection of fibrosis and cancer, guested edited by Mary Salvatore and Monica Pernia.

Submission Deadline: 15 April 2024

Planeterranean Diet

Submit to our new collection, "Planeterranean" Diet: Globally Extending the Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet, guest edited by Luigi Barrea, Salvatore Nesci, Prisco Piscitelli, Laura Soldati, and Claudia Vetrani.

Submission Deadline: 30 June 2024

Meet the Editors

Get to know the Editors behind Journal of Translational Medicine! 

Featured section: Neuroscience

The Neuroscience section aims to encourage publications that help to reduce the gap between basic preclinical science and medical applications for the patients in the neuroscience field. Any new tool for the dissemination of results in the field can greatly help to progress in the new solutions for the neuropsychiatric patient. The section aims to promote the increase of knowledge on the subject by publishing original research. 

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Featured Research: A community challenge to predict clinical outcomes after immune checkpoint blockade in non-small cell lung cancer

Predictive biomarkers of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) efficacy are currently lacking for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, we describe the results from the Anti–PD-1 Response Prediction DREAM Challenge, a crowdsourced initiative that enabled the assessment of predictive models by using data from two randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) of ICIs in first-line metastatic NSCLC. This DREAM Challenge is the first successful attempt to use protected phase III clinical data for a crowdsourced effort towards generating predictive models for ICI clinical outcomes and could serve as a blueprint for similar efforts in other tumor types and disease states, setting a benchmark for future studies aiming to identify biomarkers predictive of ICI efficacy.

Featured Review: Intranasal delivery of mitochondria targeted neuroprotective compounds for traumatic brain injury: screening based on pharmacological and physiological properties

Targeting drugs to the mitochondrial level shows great promise for acute and chronic treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in both military and civilian sectors. Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the successful delivery of drug therapies is the blood brain barrier (BBB). The direct intranasal drug delivery approach to therapeutics holds great promise for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Based on literature spanning the past several decades, this review aims to highlight the advantages of intranasal administration over conventional routes for TBI, and other CNS disorders. This review also discusses key considerations when selecting and testing future mitochondria-targeted drugs given intranasally for TBI.

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Journal of Translational Medicine has launched In Review, a new option that provides authors with on-demand information on the status of their manuscript, enables them to share their work with funders and their research community, and allows their colleagues to comment and collaborate - all whilst their manuscript is under review.

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Please note that Journal of Translational Medicine is no longer considering submissions of study protocols. 

Editor Spotlight

Section: Translational Metagenomics 

Selvasankar Murugesan, Ph.D., is the Senior Research fellow from the microbiome and biomarkers discovery laboratory at Sidra Medicine, Qatar. He focuses on human microbiome-based biomarker discovery to apply in precision medicine. He is an active member of the Mexican Microbiology association (AMM). In addition, he is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Translational Medicine. He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV), Mexico, where he studied the role of the gut microbiome in childhood obesity.

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Our companion journal

Translational Medicine Communications. the companion journal to Journal of Translational Medicine, is an interdisciplinary forum for all scientifically valid research from across translational medicine. 

The journal aims to improve transparency and reproducibility within translational medicine and considers research papers regardless of outcome or significance of findings.

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Introducing new sections to Journal of Translational Medicine!

Molecular Pathology

Led by Section Editor Sarah Warren, the Molecular Pathology section aims to highlight studies that characterize human-derived biological materials, including both tissue and liquid biopsies, using molecular profiling techniques to elucidate the underlying causes of disease and impacts of therapeutic interventions. 

The Molecular Pathology section will consider studies that are preclinical or translational in nature, as well as from all stages of fundamental and applied research. The section welcomes manuscripts that describe new technology platforms that advance molecular profiling or novel computational approaches to support data analysis.

Network Medicines

Led by Section Editor Joyce Hu, the Network Medicines section is dedicated to the biology-based, integrative approach aimed at understanding the topology of complex disorders and the dynamic interplay of their various components, identifying cascades of causes and effects, listening to cross-talks among cells to suggest novel and more effective therapeutic approaches.

The section welcomes research that goes beyond descriptive observations and provides compelling recommendations of disruptive therapeutic candidates.

Translational Process

© smolaw11 / stock.adobe.comLed by Marina Boccardi, the Translational Process section welcomes contributions aimed to streamline the transition of new knowledge along the translational continuum, and boost our ability to concretely innovate clinical practice. 

The Translational Process section dedicates a space to those who tackle such challenges overcoming the boundaries of individual disciplines, and offers a new opportunity to share and accelerate the development of urgently needed methods, tools and procedures. 

Reproductive Medicine & Clinical Reproductive Sciences

© Sebastian Kaulitzki / stock.adobe.comLed by Section Editor Matteo Alessandro Avella, the Reproductive Medicine & Clinical Reproductive Science section is focused on the basic mechanisms or the translational and clinical aspects of human reproductive biology. 

The section welcomes studies on preclinical and clinical studies whose results have the potential to prevent, diagnose, and treat reproductive issues, as well as studies that describe and characterize the genes and the mechanisms regulating human reproductive biology in cell line or animal models, and reviews on existing and novel technologies.

Editor-in-Chief: Francesco Marincola, Sonata Therapeutics, USA

Franco Marincola is the Chief Scientific Officer of Sonata Therapeutics. Franco brings over 30 years of research and development experience in immunology, oncology and cell therapy to Sonata.

Most recently, Franco served as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Research at Kite Pharma where he led the research organization to identify novel therapies for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. Prior to Kite, he was President and Chief Scientific Officer at Refuge Biotechnologies, where he developed research strategies for adoptive cell therapy products and led therapeutic programs based on nuclease deactivated CRISPR circuits. Prior to Refuge, Franco was Distinguished Research Fellow in Immune Oncology at AbbVie, and Chief Research Officer at Sidra Medical and Research Centre.

Before joining the biopharma industry, Franco spent more than two decades at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI), most recently as a tenured senior investigator in cancer immunotherapy and biomarker research and as Chief Infectious Disease and Immunogenetics Investigator at the NIH Clinical Center.

Franco is the former President of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC). He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for multiple peer-reviewed publications, including Journal of Translational Medicine, Translational Medicine Communications, and Immunotherapy, and is the author of more than 600 peer-reviewed publications.

Franco received his M.D. from the University of Milan and completed his residency at Stanford University.

Aims and scope

Journal of Translational Medicine is an open access journal publishing articles focusing on information derived from human experimentation so as to optimise the communication between basic and clinical science.

The journal covers all areas of translational medicine but also has several special sections:


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  • 2022 Citation Impact
    7.4 - 2-year Impact Factor
    6.9 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.458 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.544 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    9 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
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