About this journal

  Renal Failure is an open access journal that publishes on acute renal injury and its consequences.

The primary focus of Renal Failure is acute kidney injury (AKI). This includes the basic sciences and those derived from human studies on the subject. There is a critical need to support the drive for research in this field. The high mortality of AKI in the critically ill is unacceptable. The journal aims to publish methods that have demonstrated improved outcomes of AKI in the critically ill and related research.

Renal Failure also publishes advances in the fields of chronic renal failure, hypertension and renal transplantation. The journal aims to bring together clinical and experimental aspects of renal failure to present timely, practical information on a variety of topics:

• Pathology and pathophysiology of acute renal failure
• Nephrotoxicity of drugs and other substances
• Prevention, treatment, and therapy of renal failure
• Transplantation, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus in association with renal failure

Renal Failure accepts clinical studies, laboratory studies, brief reports, letters to the editor, research letters, state-of-the-art review articles and systematic reviews for publication.

The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.

Editorial board


Editor-in-Chief

Tibor Fülöp, MD, PhD (Professor) - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA


Deputy Editors

Mihály Tapolyai, MD, PhD (Nephrologist) - St. Margit Hospital, Budapest, Hungary and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD (Professor) - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA


Social Media Editor

Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD (Nephrologist) - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota,, USA


Associate Editors

Basic Sciences

Shao-bin Duan, MD, PhD (Chief Physician and Professor) - The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
Monika Gööz, MD, PhD (Associate Professor) - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Guisen Li; MD, PhD (Chief Physician) - Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Clinical Sciences

Sohail Abdul Salim, MD (Adjunct Assistant Professor and Nephrologist) - University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA and Southwest Kidney Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Fan He, MD, PhD (Professor) - Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
Guangtao Xu, MD (Researcher) - Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
Michael E. Ullian, MD (Professor) – Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Critical Care and Perioperative Sciences

Csaba Kopitko, MD, PhD (Nephrologist) - Uzsok Teaching Hospital, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Transplantation Sciences

Karim M. Soliman, MD, PhD (Associate Professor) - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Clinical Epidemiology, Meta-Analyses and Systemic Reviews

Wisit Kaewput, MD (Associate Professor, Nephrologist, Lecturer and Deputy Head of Department) - Phramongkutklao Hospital and Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand

Biostatistics and Statistical Consultant Advisor:
Zsolt Lengvárszky, PhD (Department Chair) - Louisiana State University Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA


Section Editors*

Acute Kidney Injury

Jonathan Samuel Chávez Iñiguez, MD (Chief of Nephrology) - Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Hongqi Ren, MD, PhD (Director) - Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
Bijin Thajudeen, MD (Associate Professor) - Banner University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Anemia and Hematologic Disorders

A. Emre Eşkazan, MD (Professor) - Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey

Artifical Intelligence and Machine Learning

Hatem Ali, MBBCh, MSc (Clinical Research Fellow)- University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK
Zhongheng Zhang, MD (Nephrologist) - Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

Basic Sciences Investigations

Ahmed I. Adelkader, MD, PhD (Transplant Nephrology Fellow) - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA and Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Alejandro R. Chade, MD (Professor and NextGen Precision Health Investigator) - University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
Natalia Stepanova, MD, PhD, DSc.Med (Professor) - Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Bone-Mineral and Electrolyte Disorders

Chen Fu, MD (Nephrologist) - China Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Gheun-Ho Kim, MD, PhD (Professor) - Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Ningning Wang, MD, PhD (Professor) - The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Cardio-renal Physiology and Disease Processes

Alejandro R. Chade, MD (Professor and NextGen Precision Health Investigator) - University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA

Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression

Sebastjan Bevc, MD, PhD (Professor) - University Medical Centre Maribor and University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Xuxia Gao, MD, PhD (Nephrologist) - Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China
Liliana Gadola, MD (Adjunct Professor) – Universidad de la Republica Facultad de Medicina, Montevideo, Uruguay
Fan Yi, PhD (Professor) - Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Critical Care Nephrology and Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy

Jorge Castaneda, MD (Assistant Professor) - University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Abduzhappar Gaipov, MD, PhD (Associate Professor)- Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan City, Kazakhstan
J. Pedro Teixeira, MD (Assistant Professor) - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Glomerulonephritis and Immunologic Disorders

Andrea Angioi, MD (Nephrologist) - 'Giuseppe Brotzu' Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
Ana de Lurdes Agostinho Cabrita Vieira, MD (Nephrologist) - University Hospital Center of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Stefan Gabriel MD, PhD (Nephrologist) - Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Nicolas Hanset, MD (Nephrologist) - University Hospital Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis

Gaetano Alfano, MD (Nephrology Medical Director)– University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
Jin-Bor Chen, MD (Nephrologist) - Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Surapon Nochaiwong, PharmD (Lecturer) - Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Hypertension and Volume Management

Ana de Lurdes Agostinho Cabrita Vieira, MD (Nephrologist) - University Hospital Center of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
S. Mehrdad Hamrahian, MD (Nephrologist) - Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gheun-Ho Kim, MD, PhD (Professor) - Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Imaging Technologies in Nephrology

Alejandro R. Chade, MD (Professor and NextGen Precision Health Investigator) - University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA

Medical Education and Training

Yavuz Ayar, MD (Associate Professor) - University of Health Sciences, Bursa Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
Liliana Gadola, MD (Adjunct Professor) – Universidad de la Republica Facultad de Medicina, Montevideo, Uruguay

Nephrolithiasis and Urolithiasis

Natalia Stepanova, MD, PhD, DSc.Med (Professor) - Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Nephrology Nursing and the Patients’ Voice

Amy Perry, MSN, APRN, BC, CNN-NP 9 (Nurse Practitioner) - Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Pediatric Nephrology

Sihem Darouich, MD, MSc (Professor) - University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Pharmacology and Nephro-Oncology

Jorge Castaneda, MD (Assistant Professor) - University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD, Medhabil., MACE (Professor and Chief) - University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Jolanta Malyszko, MD, PhD (Professor) - Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Transplantation

Orsolya Cseprekál, MD, PhD (Senior Lecturer) - Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Miklos Z. Molnar, MD, PhD (Professor and Medical Director) - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Ken Sakai, MD, PhD (Professor) - Toho University Faculty Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

* The Section Editors act as Topic Advisors to the editor and associate editor team and do not handle papers directly

Editorial Board Members

Moh’d Mohanad A. Al-Dabet, PhD (Associate Professor) – American University of Madaba, Amman, Jordan
Abdullah K. Al-Hwiesh, MD (Professor and Consultant) - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Petar Avramoski, MD, PhD (Professor) - St. Clement of Ohrid University, Bitola; Clinical Hospital – Bitola, North Macedonia
Mickaël Bobot, MD, PhD (Nephrologist) - Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
Tiffany N. Caza, MD, PhD (Nephropathologist and Scientist) - Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Ahmed Daoud, MD, PHD (Lecturer) - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Youssef Farag, MD, PhD, MPH (Faculty Director, Associate Faculty and Senior Medical Director) - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Wayne Fitzgibbon, PhD (Associate Professor) - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Winston Wing-Shing Fung, MBBChir (Associate Consultant and Honorary Assistant Professor) – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong King, China
Mohammed Abdel Gawad, MD, ESENeph (Lecturer) - Newgiza University, Giza, Egypt
Quan Hong, PhD (Nephrologist) - Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
Yuh-Shan Ho, PhD (Director and Associate Professor) -  Trend Reseracher Centre, Asia University Taiwan, Taiwan
Ivica Horvatic, MD, PhD (Nephrologist) - Dubrava University Hospital, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Bo Hu, MD (Associate Professor) - Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang, China
Jun Jiang, MD (Nephrologist) - The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Priyanka Khandelwal MD, DM (Nephrologist) - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Yafeng Li, MD, PhD (Professor and Director) - Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
Tongqiang Liu, PhD (Nephrologist) - Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Alisson D. Machado, PhD (Professor) - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Shan Mou, MD, PhD - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Lovelesh Nigam, MD (Associate Professor) - Institute Of Kidney Disease And Research Centre, Dr. H.L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS), Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India
Yannick Nlandu Mayamba, MD (Nephrologist) - University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ákos G. Pethő, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor) – Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
László Rosiváll, MD, PhD, DSc Med, Medhabil. (Professor) - Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Ernesto Sabath, MD (Assistant Professor) - Hospital Ángeles Querétaro, Centro Sur Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
Satoshi Shimada, MD, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow) - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
László Szabó, MD (Consultant Transplant Surgeon) - University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Rui-Zhi Tan, MD (Associate Professor) - Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
Charat Thongprayoon, MD (Assistant Professor and Senior Associate Consultant)- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Kiyotaka Uchiyama, MD, PhD (Associate Professor) - International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan
Yonggui Wu, MD (Professor) - Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Wan Xin, MD (Nephrologist) – Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
Zailing Xing, MS, PhD(c) (Phd Candidate) - University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Takahiro Yajima, MD (Research Director) - Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan
Jianyun Yan, PhD (Professor) - Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Hongliang Zhang, MD, PhD (Director) - National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing, China

Previous Editor:
William F. Finn, MD - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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