Minerva Endocrinology

Aims & Scope

Minerva Endocrinology is a quarterly international, peer-reviewed scientific Journal on endocrine system diseases, founded in 1976.

It is indexed in EMBASE, PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Scopus, and has an Impact Factor of 3.757.

The journal encompasses all emerging areas in the field of Endocrinology and Metabolism, from research works on endocrine system diseases, to basic clinical research, including meta-analysis, and the expectation is that of further increasing the journal’s impact and contribution rate by increasing the number of invited reviews and special issues on topics of current interest.

The aim is to provide a reliable forum for scientific communication among professionals while influencing the practice of clinicians, researchers, industries at an international level and providing its readers with papers of the highest quality thanks to a fast and thorough peer review process, careful editorial work as well as open access options.

Minerva Endocrinology welcomes articles on a wide variety of topics related to endocrinology, which may be submitted in the form of editorials, original articles, review articles, special articles, letters to the Editor and guidelines.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.594

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	43

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9785

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	299

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Adipose tissue, obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Stergios A., Jannis, Christos S.

• Iron overload and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Christian, Elena, Elmar

• Hypogonadism and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Gesthimani, Pavlos, Christos, Dimitrios G.

• Obesity and physical exercise

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Ozlem, Bülent O.

• Vitamin D in obesity and obesity-related diseases: an overview

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Luigi, Evelyn, Gabriella, Eloisa, Maria, Silvia, Annamaria, Giovanna

• Autoimmune endocrine diseases

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Rosaria M., Giuseppe, Alfredo

• Imaging in primary hyperparathyroidism: focus on the evidence-based diagnostic performance of different methods

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Giorgio, Pierpaolo, Martin, Luca

• Adverse effects of doping with anabolic androgenic steroids in competitive athletics, recreational sports and bodybuilding

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Elena, Eberhard

• Differential efficacy of methylcobalamin and alpha-lipoic acid treatment on symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Yajuan, Min, Jie, Zhen, Min, Jing, Youming, Zhi, Yulan, Yubing

• Akkermansia muciniphila as a novel powerful bacterial player in the treatment of metabolic disorders

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Nazarii, Tetyana, Yevheniia, Yuliya, Oleksandr, Olena, Majid, Bahman, Ludovico, Sharmila, Rinaldo

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