Detlef Schlondorff announced recently that he will be stepping down as Editor of Kidney International from the end of 2017. Under his leadership ISN’s flagship journal has continued to grow in impact and in appeal to its global readership. ISN is deeply indebted to Detlef and his editorial team. Soon ISN will commence the search for...
On World Kidney Day (WKD) 2016, ISN and The Lancet launched an online campaign to raise awareness of kidney disease aimed at the international health community. The Lancet Kidney Campaign brings together the best available evidence to inform strategies to reduce the national, regional and global burden of kidney disease and its risk factors. ‘Despite the...
Kidney International (KI) has now reported on the success of the ISN ANIO Online Clinical Nephropathology Certificate (CNC) Program as an innovative form of training for renal pathologists globally. ISN and the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO) developed a year-long web-based Clinical Nephrology Certificate Program for physicians looking for training in the principles and...
The outcome of the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Global Snapshot, an innovative web-based global cohort study carried out under the ISN 0by25 Initiative, is published in The Lancet today. Including 4,000 patients in over 72 countries, the study assessed similarities and differences in recognizing and managing AKI globally. The study found that over half of the patients in...
Kidney International (KI) Reports is now accepting submissions, especially relating to clinical trials, epidemiology, systematic reviews and outcome research. This peer-reviewed journal publishes original clinical and select translational articles as well as educational content related to the pathogenesis, evaluation and management of acute and chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, transplantation, acid-base, fluid and electrolyte...
Kidney International Reports, an official journal of the International Society of Nephrology, is a peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to the publication of leading research and developments related to kidney disease. With the primary aim of contributing to improved care of patients with kidney disease, the journal will publish original clinical and select translational articles...
Access to diagnosis and dialysis for acute kidney injury can be life-saving, but can be prohibitively expensive in low-income settings. The burden of acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa is presumably high but remains unknown. The authors of this study did a systematic review to assess outcomes of acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa...
Starting January 2016, online access to Nature Reviews Nephrology (NRN) is no longer available to ISN members. Kidney International now includes a new section called Nephrology Digest, replacing access to NRN and presenting summaries and commentary on recently published basic science and clinical investigations. By logging into the ISN Member Portal, ISN Members can sign...
ISN Members can subscribe to Seminars in Nephrology at a special rate. This publication provides scholarly review articles focusing on subjects of current importance in clinical nephrology and related fields. Each issue is devoted to a specific topic in nephrology and articles provide updates on the clinical relevance of new investigations. A 12-month online subscription...
As of January 2016, Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is publishing Kidney International (KI). “We are extremely pleased to have entered into this relationship with Elsevier,” says ISN Executive Director Luca Segantini. “Kidney International serves as ISN’s primary journal for disseminating original research in basic science and...
ISN is happy to announce the launch of ISN’s new Journal: Kidney International Reports (KI Reports). KI Reports is designed to be a sister journal of Kidney International published in open access format. KI Reports will publish a broad range of articles encompassing clinical and translation research. Jai Radhakrishnan, Founding Editor of Kidney International Reports,...
It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of ISN’s new Journal: Kidney International Reports (KI Reports). KI Reports is designed to be a sister journal of Kidney International published in open access format. KI Reports will publish a broad range of articles encompassing clinical and translation research. Additionally we encourage the submission...
ISN announces a new publisher for Kidney International (KI) and an improved educational offering. As of January 2016, Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services will publish KI. “We are extremely pleased to be entering into this relationship with Elsevier,” says ISN Executive Director Luca Segantini. “Kidney International serves...
ISN’s Kidney International and Kidney International Supplements to be published by Elsevier as of January 2016. New York, NY, February 17, 2015 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), the global medical society devoted to advancing kidney care worldwide, announced today that Elsevier will publish ISN’s...
ISN is happy to announce that the 2013 impact factor for Kidney International (KI) has risen by almost 10% on last year to 8.520. This now places KI as third amongst 75 urology and nephrology journals, and second amongst nephrology journals. And KI Supplements, after being listed on Pubmed from this year, has achieved its first...
Congratulations to Detlef Schlondorff and his team at Kidney International (KI) for the continued success of ISN’s flagship journal. The 2013 impact factor for Kidney International has risen by almost 10% on last year to 8.520. This now places KI as third amongst 75 urology and nephrology journals, and second amongst nephrology journals. And KI...
Building sustainable and self-sufficient medical care in the developing world is the message that ISN is sending through a recent article published on April 12, 2014 in The Lancet. Since the 1980s, ISN has used its resources for education and training to help advance nephrology in low-income and middle-income countries worldwide through five outreach programs....
ISN President Giuseppe Remuzzi and Richard Horton recently contributed their perspective on the issue of Acute Renal Failure to the Lancet. To read the full article CLICK HERE.
The African Pediatric Nephrology Association has opened a call for submitting articles to its official journal - The African Journal of Pediatric Nephrology. These can include original research articles on renal diseases in children as well as fluid and electrolyte metabolism, a clinical quiz on pediatric nephrology, letters to the editor and review articles. Manuscripts...
You are invited to submit original research articles on renal diseases in children as well as on fluid and electrolyte metabolism, a clinical quiz on pediatric nephrology, letters to the editor and review articles to African Journal of Paediatric Nephrology (Afr J Paed Nephrol). The manuscript may be written in English or French. Afr J...
