Disease Models & Mechanisms

Disease Models & Mechanisms

Discipline	Pathology
Language	English
Edited  by	Elizabeth Patton
Publication details
History	2008–present
Publisher	The Company of Biologists  (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Yes
Impact factor	4.3 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Dis. Models Mech.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	1754-8403  (print) 1754-8411  (web)
LCCN	2008243837
OCLC  no.	268958836
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Disease Models & Mechanisms(DMM) is a monthly peer-reviewed Open Access biomedical journal published by The Company of Biologists that launched in 2008. ^[1] DMM is part of the Review Commons initiative, is integrated with bioRxiv ^[2] for co-submission and is partnered with the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service (previously Publons).

Scope and content

DMM publishes original research, resources and reviews that focus on the use of model systems to better understand, diagnose and treat human disease. ^[3]

Model systems of interest include: ^[4]

• Vertebrates such as mice, zebrafish, frogs, rats and other mammals

• Invertebrates such as Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans
• Unique in vitro or ex vivo models, such as stem-cell-based models, organoids and systems based on patient material
• Microorganisms such as yeast and Dictyostelium
• Other biological systems with relevance to human disease research

Disease areas of interest include: ^[5]

• Cancer
• Neurodegenerative and neurological diseases
• Psychiatric disorders
• Metabolic disorders, including diabetes and obesity
• Cardiovascular diseases, stroke and hypertension
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• Infectious diseases
• Autoimmunity and inflammation
• Developmental diseases
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Renal or liver disease
• Eye disorders
• Drug and biomarker discovery/screening
• Stem cell therapies in regenerative medicine

The journal operates on a continuous publication model. The final version of record is immediately released online as soon as it is ready. ^[1]

All papers are published as Open Access articles under the CC-BY licence. ^[6]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and/or indexed by: ^[7]

• BIOBASE
• CAB abstracts
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
• Clarivate Analytics Web of Science
• EMBASE
• Medline
• Scopus

It is a member of OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) and is indexed in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). ^[8]

Disease Models & Mechanisms is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). ^[9]

Management

The founding editor-in-chief was Vivian Siegel (2008-2013), followed by Ross Cagan (2013-2016) ^[10] and Monica J. Justice (2016-2020). ^[11]

Elizabeth Patton ^[12] was appointed Editor-in-Chief in December 2020, with Elaine Mardis as Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

References

1. "About DMM | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
2. "News from DMM | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
3. "Aims and scope | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
4. "Aims and scope | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
5. "Aims and scope | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
6. "DMM online | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
7. "Journal metrics | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
8. "Journal metrics | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
9. "Journal metrics | Disease Models & Mechanisms". dmm.biologists.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
10. "Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) announces new Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editors". the Node. 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
11. Hackett, Rachel (2016-02-01). "Disease Models & Mechanisms in 2016: a publisher's brief perspective". Disease Models & Mechanisms. 9 (2): 99–100. doi: 10.1242/dmm.024620 . ISSN   1754-8403. PMC   4770153 . PMID   26839396.
12. E. Elizabeth Patton (2021-02-01). "The twin pillars of Disease Models & Mechanisms". Disease Models & Mechanisms. 14 (2). doi: 10.1242/dmm.048951 . ISSN   1754-8403. PMC   7927655 . PMID   33619213.

External links

• Official website

• The Company of Biologists