International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences
Chairman & EIC
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Founder & Editor-in-ChiefFereidoun Azizi
- Professor
- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic Profiles:
- Paid Salary: None from International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism or Brieflands
- Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in Brieflands:
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- Fees for organizing education or funds for researches from Publisher: No
- Stocks or shares in Publisher: No
- Other competing interests related to the journal: Not Declared
- Email:
- azizi@endocrine.ac.ir
Published articles in this journal 107 out of 783
Editor-in-ChiefAzita Zadeh-Vakili
- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic Profiles:
- Paid Salary: SBMU
- Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in Brieflands:
- Reimbursement for attending a conference or symposium, Accommodation and travel or Fees for speaking: No
- Fees for organizing education or funds for researches from Publisher: No
- Stocks or shares in Publisher: No
- Other competing interests related to the journal: Not Declared
- Email:
- azitavakili@gmail.com
Published articles in this journal 11 out of 783
Associate Editors
Associate Editors are senior researchers in the fields covered by the journal. They handle assigned manuscripts, select and invite peer reviewers, assess the reports received, and make a recommendation to the Editor-in-Chief. The final decision to accept or reject a manuscript rests with the Editor-in-Chief.
Associate Editors serve on a voluntary basis and receive no payment, honorarium, fee waiver, discount on author charges, or preferential handling of their own submissions in return for their service. Manuscripts submitted by an Associate Editor are handled by an independent editor, and the submitting editor takes no part in any decision concerning their own work, or in any manuscript in which they have a competing interest.

Parisa Amiri
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 13 out of 783
Hossein Delshad
- Associate Professor
- Obesity Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 4 out of 783
Arash Ghanbarian
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 2 out of 783
Asghar Ghasemi
- Ph.D
- Endocrine Physiology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 19 out of 783
Mehdi Hedayati
- Professor
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 18 out of 783
Farhad Hosseinpanah
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 19 out of 783
Davood Khalili
- Professor
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 10 out of 783
Parvin Mirmiran
- Professor
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 29 out of 783
Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani
- Professor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 35 out of 783
Farzaneh Sarvghadi
- Associate Professor
- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 5 out of 783
Maryam Tohidi
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 12 out of 783
Majid Valizadeh
- Professor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 6 out of 783Amir Abbas Momenan
- Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 4 out of 783- Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Zahra Bahadoran
- Nutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 20 out of 783- Nutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Editorial Board
Editorial Board members are distinguished researchers working in the fields covered by the journal. They advise the Editor-in-Chief on the journal’s scope and policies, and serve as Academic Editors for manuscript submissions.
All Editorial Board members serve on a voluntary basis and receive no payment, honorarium, fee waiver, discount on author charges, or preferential handling of their own submissions in return for their service.
Manuscripts submitted by Editorial Board members are handled by an independent editor, and the submitting member takes no part in any decision concerning their own work.
Bo Ahrén
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Published articles in this journal 1Nobuyuki Amino
- Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Published articles in this journal 1
Amir Bahrami
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 8Subashini C. Thambiah
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 1
Hossein Gharib
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Published articles in this journal 1Saeed Kalantari
- Endocrine Research Center, Razi Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
Published articles in this journal 3Duncan J Topliss
- MD
- Alfred Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Australia
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 2Ali Asghar Mir Saeid Ghazi
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 2Mohammad Navab
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 1Navid Saadat
- Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 2Abdolmonir Sadeghi-Nejad
- Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Published articles in this journal 2Helmut Schatz
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 2
Consultant Committee
Members of the Consultant Committee are clinicians and researchers who advise the Editor-in-Chief on specialist questions arising from submitted manuscripts, including clinical, methodological and statistical matters, and may be invited to assess individual submissions. They advise only; editorial decisions rest with the Editor-in-Chief.
Committee members serve on a voluntary basis and receive no payment, honorarium, fee waiver, discount on author charges, or preferential handling of their own submissions in return for their service. Manuscripts submitted by a committee member are handled by an independent editor, and the member takes no part in any decision concerning their own work or any manuscript in which they have a competing interest.

Fatemeh Esfahanian
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 2Ali Awsat Mellati
- Zanjan Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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Manouchehr Nakhjavani
- Professor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 3
Maryam Razzaghy-Azar
- Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 1
Contact, Ownership and Affiliation
Affiliated academic organization
- Organization: Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Location: Tehran, Iran
- Postal address: Shahid Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Yemen Street, beginning of Shahid Arabi Street, No. 24, Tehran, Iran
- Website: https://emrc.sbmu.ac.ir/
- Email: info@sbmu.ac.ir
- Telephone: +98 21 22432500
Publisher
- Publisher: Brieflands
- Registered office: ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
- Chamber of Commerce: 42122572
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Ownership and affiliation
The journal is owned and published by Brieflands, a publishing company registered in the Netherlands. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences is affiliated with the journal in a scientific capacity only: it supports the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board in defining the journal’s scope and upholding its scientific standards. The organization holds no ownership, financial or commercial interest in the journal, and no funds pass between Brieflands and the organization in either direction.
Brieflands is responsible for publishing operations, production, dissemination and the platform. Scientific responsibility for all published content, including special issues and guest-edited material, rests with the Editor-in-Chief. Editorial decisions are determined by scientific merit alone. Editorial independence and remuneration are set out at the top of this page.
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Correspondence
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Join Our Editorial Board
We welcome outstanding researchers and dedicated scholars to join our Editorial Board and contribute to the advancement of high-quality scientific publishing. Serving as an Editorial Board Member offers valuable professional benefits, including recognition of academic service, opportunities to collaborate with an international network of experts, involvement in editorial decision-making and peer-review standards, and enhanced visibility within your research community. If you are interested in contributing your expertise and supporting the development of the journal, we invite you to apply.
Apply to become a Reviewer or Associate Editor
Reviewers
The researchers listed below have completed peer review assignments for this journal. The figure shown against each name is drawn automatically from the journal’s editorial records and is not entered by hand.
Reviewers assess manuscripts and advise the editors; they do not take editorial decisions, and they are not involved in decisions on manuscripts they have reviewed or on which they have a competing interest. This list is not exhaustive: it names active reviewers who have agreed to be acknowledged publicly, and the journal is equally grateful to those who prefer not to be named.
Ladan Mehran
- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Completed assignments 51Sajad Jeddy
- Endocrine Physiology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Completed assignments 39Nooshin Ahmadi
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Completed assignments 34Hedieh Saneifard
- Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Completed assignments 23Mahdieh Niknam
- Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Completed assignments 21Mahtab Niroomand
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Completed assignments 15Miralireza Takyar
- Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Completed assignments 15Mahmoud Tavousi
- Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Completed assignments 13



