Aims & Scope
Kidney Cancer is an international multidisciplinary journal to facilitate progress in understanding the epidemiology/etiology, genetics, molecular correlates, pathogenesis, pathobiology, and pharmacology of tumors of the kidney with the objective of improving diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship in patients. The journal is directed primarily at researchers and clinicians working on these areas, with some content aimed at patients/patient advocates with these conditions. With this objective in mind, the journal publishes original research reports, systematic and regular reviews, short communications, and letters-to-the-editor in basic science, translational research and clinical medicine. The journal is committed to the highest ethical standards and best practices, and prospective authors are encouraged to consult the relevant author instructions and policies on the website at the time of submission as these are updated regularly to reflect changing guidelines.
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Primo N. Lara, Jr., MD
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sacramento, CA
USA
Email: kca@iospress.com
(Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Peter Mulders, MD, PhD
Radboud UMC
Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Email: kca@iospress.com
(Epidemiology, Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Associate Editors
Neeraj Agarwal, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Laurence Albiges, MD, PhD
Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif
France
(Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Axel Bex, MD, PhD
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Toni K. Choueiri, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
USA
(Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Enrique Grande, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, Madrid
Spain
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Viktor Grünwald, MD
University Hospital Essen, Essen
Germany
(Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Shilpa Gupta, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
(Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Eric Jonasch, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Bradley C. Leibovich, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
USA
(Epidemiology, Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Egbert Oosterwijk, PhD
Radboud UMC, Nijmegen
The Netherlands
(Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Javier Puente, MD, PhD
Hospital Clinico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid
Spain
(Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Manuela Schmidinger, MD
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
Austria
(Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Sandy Srinivas, MD
Stanford University, Stanford
USA
(Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Hirotsugu Uemura, MD, PhD
Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka
Japan
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Social Media Editor
Neeraj Agarwal, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Associate Editors for Reviews
Enrique Grande, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, Madrid
Spain
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Sumanta Pal, MD
City of Hope, Duarte
USA
(Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Editor of Clinical Trials Corner
Mamta Parikh, MD
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Editorial Board
Hideyuki Akaza, MD
University of Tokyo, Tokyo
Japan
(Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Cristiane Decat Bergerot, PhD
Centro de Cancer de Brasilia, Instituto Unity de Ensino e Pesquisa, Grupo Oncoclinicas, Brasilia
Brazil
(Survivorship, Supportive Care)
Georg A. Bjarnason, MD, FRCP(C)
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center, Toronto, ON
Canada
(Molecular Genetics, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Maria T. Bourlon, MD, MS
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador
Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
(Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
James Brugarolas, MD, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Ronald M. Bukowski, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Steven C. Campbell, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
USA
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Marc Dall’era, MD
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA
USA
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Tanya B. Dorff, MD
City of Hope, Duarte, CA
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Janice P. Dutcher, MD
Cancer Research Foundation, Chappaqua, NY
USA
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Tim Eisen, PhD, FRCP
University of Cambridge and Roche (VP and Global Head of GU Oncology Product Development), Cambridge
United Kingdom
(Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Bernard Escudier, MD
Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
France
(Etiology, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Robert A. Figlin, MD, FACP
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
USA
(Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Thomas (Tom) Flaig, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Jorge Garcia, MD, FACP
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Dan George, MD
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
USA
(Epidemiology, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Ugo De Giorgi, MD
Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Meldola
Italy
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Shuchi Gulati, MD, MS
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pharmacology, Diagnosis and Treatment)
Rudolfo De Guzman, MD
National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Metro Manila
Philippines
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
John Haanen, MD, PhD
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Naomi Haas, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
USA
(Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Hans Hammers, MD, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Michael R. Harrison, MD
Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Daniel Heng, MD, MPH
Tom Baker Cancer Center, Calgary, AB
Canada
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Michelle S. Hirsch, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology)
James J. Hsieh, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
USA
(Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Thomas Hutson, DO, PharmD
US Oncology/Baylor, Houston, TX
USA
(Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship
Choung Soo Kim, MD, PhD
Asan Medical Center, Seoul
South Korea
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Christian Kollmannsberger, MD
BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
Canada
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
James Larkin, MD, PhD
The Institute of Cancer Research, London
United Kingdom
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Marston Linehan, MD
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Borje Ljungberg, MD, PhD
Umea University, Umea, Sweden
(Epidemiology, Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Axel S. Merseburger, MD, PhD
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck
Germany
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Jose Mauricio Mota, MD, PhD
São Paulo State Cancer Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo
Brazil
(Etiology, Pathogenesis, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Moshe C. Ornstein, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Susanne Osanto, MD, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
The Netherlands
(Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Stephane Oudard, MD, PhD
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris
France
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Allan J. Pantuck, MD
UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology, Los Angeles
USA
(Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Camillo Porta, MD
IRCCS San Matteo University Hospital Foundation, Pavia
Italy
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Thomas Powles, MD
The Royal Free NHS Trust and Barts Cancer Institute, London
United Kingdom
(Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Brian Rini, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
USA
(Epidemiology, Etiology, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Paul Russo, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Christopher Ryan, MD
Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Brian Shuch, MD
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
USA
(Epidemiology, Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Andrey Soares, MD
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo
Brazil
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Ramaprasad Srinivasan, MD, PhD
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
USA
(Epidemiology, Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Walter Stadler, MD
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
USA
(Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Mark Stein, MD
Columbia University, New York, NY
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Cora N. Sternberg, MD
San Camillo and Forlanini Hospitals, Rome
Italy
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Nizar M. Tannir, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
USA
(Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Yoshihiko Tomita, MD, PhD
Niigata University, Niigata
Japan
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Ilya Tsimafeyeu, MD
Bureau for Cancer Research (BUCARE), New York, NY
USA
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Robert G. Uzzo, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
USA
(Epidemiology, Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Ulka Vaishampayan, MD
University of Michigan, Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
USA
(Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship)
Guillermo de Velasco, MD, PhD
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid
Spain
(Diagnosis, Treatment)
Martin H. Voss, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
USA
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Stenio Zequi, MD, PhD
AC Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo
Brazil
(Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Tian Zhang, MD, MHS
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, TX
USA
(Pharmacology, Diagnosis, Treatment)
Patricia Zondervan, MD, PhD
Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
(Etiology, Molecular Genetics, Diagnosis, Treatment)
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Kidney Cancer operates a rigorous, timely, blinded peer review process (single blind by default, with an option for double-blind if requested) by experts in the field. This means that the identity of the authors is known to the reviewers but the identity of the reviewers is not communicated to the authors. Please visit our reviewer guidelines for further information about how to conduct a review.
After automatic plagiarism screening through iThenticate, all submitted manuscripts are subjected to initial appraisal by the Editors-in-Chief.
Manuscripts that are deemed unsuitable may be rejected without external review by the Editors-in-Chief and/or the Associate Editors and the authors will be informed as soon as possible.
Reasons to reject a paper in the pre-screening process could for example be because the work does not fall within the aims and scope of the Journal, the writing is of poor quality, the instructions to authors were not followed or the presented work is not novel.
If found suitable for further consideration, manuscripts are forwarded to an Associate Editor(AE) with expertise in the area who performs an second review and if determined to be of sufficient interest, then recruits appropriate referees. The AE will invite a sufficient number of reviewers to obtain at least 2 reviews.
Reviewers are asked to recuse themselves from reviewing a submission if a conflict makes them unable to make an impartial scientific judgment or evaluation. Conflicts of interest include, but are not limited to: collaboration with the authors in the past three years; any professional or financial affiliations that may be perceived as a conflict of interest; a history of personal differences with the author(s). The Editors-in-Chief strive to ensure a typical turnaround time of 3 months from submission to final determination of status.
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- Significance to field
- Relevance to journal
- Methodology
- Data analysis
- Literature review
- Writing style/clarity
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Once accepted, manuscripts are normally published on-line without delay (with the date of publication indicated) and appear in the next available print issue (published quarterly).
Co-authors who are also members of the Editorial Board are not involved in any way with the peer review process of articles of their (co-)authorship, and are asked to disclose this information in the Conflict of Interest section.
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Authors may appeal decisions by contacting the Editors-in-Chief (at kca@iospress.com).
The Editors-in-Chief aim to inform authors in writing of the result of their appeal within 14 days.
Archives of original submissions, referee reports, revisions and correspondence for both accepted and rejected manuscripts are kept indefinitely.
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Emerging Sources Citation Index – As of July 2021, Kidney Cancer is covered in the Emerging Sources Citation Index in the Web of Science.
APCs Waived – Article processing charges (APCs) are currently waived for Kidney Cancer and articles are published open access.
Kid. Can. Assoc. Partnership – As of Nov 2017, a new partnership was announced between the Kidney Cancer Association (kidneycancer.org) and our journal Kidney Cancer, which is a forum for important scientific advancements and the advocacy community.
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