Editors & Boards

Chairman & EIC

Brieflands is a scientific, technical and medical publisher and is the owner and publisher of this journal. Where an academic organization is affiliated with the journal, that affiliation is scientific only: the organization supports the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board in defining the journal’s scope and upholding its scientific standards. It holds no ownership, financial or commercial interest in the journal, and no funds pass between Brieflands and the organization in either direction.

No member of the editorial team receives a salary, honorarium, fee waiver, discount on author charges, or preferential handling of their own submissions from Brieflands in return for editorial service. Editorial appointments are reviewed annually by the governing board of Brieflands against its criteria for independence and responsibility, and editors are independent of the publisher in their editorial decisions.

Editors are required to declare all relevant competing interests and must not take part in reviewing or deciding on any paper in which they have a competing interest. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the scientific content of all material published in the journal. A competing-interest statement appears beneath each editor, covering activities over the twelve months since the last update; relevant competing interests from earlier years are also taken into account when deciding whether it is appropriate for an editor to handle a paper.

  • Fereidoun Azizi
    Founder & Editor-in-Chief

    Fereidoun 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:
      • 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:
      • azizi@endocrine.ac.ir
    Published articles in this journal 107 out of 783
  • Azita Zadeh-Vakili
    Editor-in-Chief

    Azita 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

    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
  • Atieh Amouzegar

    Atieh Amouzegar

    • Associate Professor
    • Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Published articles in this journal 25 out of 783
  • Hossein Delshad

    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

    Arash Ghanbarian

    Published articles in this journal 2 out of 783
  • Asghar Ghasemi

    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
  • Farzad Hadaegh

    Farzad Hadaegh

    • Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Published articles in this journal 20 out of 783
  • Mehdi Hedayati

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani

    Published articles in this journal 35 out of 783
  • Farzaneh Sarvghadi

    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

    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

    Majid Valizadeh

    Published articles in this journal 6 out of 783
  • Amir 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
  • Zahra Bahadoran

    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

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.

  • Khosrow Adeli

    Khosrow Adeli

    Published articles in this journal 1
  • Bo Ahrén

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Published articles in this journal 1
  • Nobuyuki Amino

    • Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
    Published articles in this journal 1
  • Amir Bahrami

    Amir Bahrami

    Published articles in this journal 8
  • Subashini C. Thambiah

    Published articles in this journal 1
  • Hossein Gharib

    Hossein Gharib

    • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    Published articles in this journal 1
  • Nor Azmi Kamaruddin

    • Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Academic profiles:
    Published articles in this journal 1
  • Saeed Kalantari

    • Endocrine Research Center, Razi Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
    Published articles in this journal 3
  • Bagher Larijani

    Bagher Larijani

    • Professor
    • Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Published articles in this journal 7
  • Duncan J Topliss

    Published articles in this journal 2
  • Ali Asghar Mir Saeid Ghazi

    • Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Published articles in this journal 2
  • Mohammad Navab

    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Academic profiles:
    Published articles in this journal 1
  • Navid 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 2
  • Abdolmonir Sadeghi-Nejad

    • Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
    • Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Published articles in this journal 2
  • Helmut Schatz

    • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
    • Academic profiles:
    Published articles in this journal 2
  • Sanjay Kalra

    • Professor
    • Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India
    • Academic profiles:
    • Email:
      • brideknl@gmail.com
    Published articles in this journal 1

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

    Fatemeh Esfahanian

    Published articles in this journal 2
  • Ali Awsat Mellati

  • Manouchehr Nakhjavani

    Manouchehr Nakhjavani

    Published articles in this journal 3
  • Maryam Razzaghy-Azar

    Maryam Razzaghy-Azar

    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

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.

Brieflands conducts its activities in accordance with applicable Dutch and European Union law, including export-control and sanctions regulations.

Correspondence

Scientific and editorial matters. Comments on a published article, questions on the journal’s scope or editorial policy, and letters to a named board member: contact the organization above, or the board member directly where an address is listed.

All other matters. Submissions and revisions, article charges and waivers, permissions, corrections and retractions, complaints and appeals, and technical questions are handled by the publisher in the Netherlands. Use the support portal, where each request is recorded and assigned for response.

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.

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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.

  • Hengameh Abdi

    • Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 186
  • Yadollah Mehrabi

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 50
  • Ladan Mehran

    • Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 51
  • Sajad Jeddy

    • Endocrine Physiology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    Completed assignments 39
  • Nooshin Ahmadi

    • Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 34
  • Hedieh Saneifard

    • Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 23
  • Mahdieh Niknam

    • Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 21
  • Somayeh Hosseinpour-Niazi

    • Nutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 20
  • Mahtab Niroomand

    • Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 15
  • Fatemeh Rahmani

    • Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 15
  • Firoozeh Hosseini-Esfahani

    • Nutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 17
  • Miralireza Takyar

    • Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 15
  • Golaleh Asghari

    • Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 16
  • Mina Amiri

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 13
  • Reza Norouzirad

    • School of Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 13
  • Samira Behboudi-Gandevani

    Completed assignments 11
  • Mahmoud Tavousi

    • Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
    Completed assignments 13
  • Homeira Zardooz

    • Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 10
  • Lida Nikfarid

    • Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Academic profiles:
    Completed assignments 11