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Introducing the 2019-20 AJKD Editorial Interns

July 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

The AJKD editors are excited to continue the Editorial Internship Program for a second year, and thank all the fellows who responded to the recent call for applications. Without further ado, we present the AJKD Editorial Internship Class of 2020: [read more...]

NKF Advocacy Efforts to Transform Kidney Care

June 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health priority that must be addressed. On March 4th, 2019, the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar, spoke at the National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Patient Summit [read more...]

Journal Announcement: AJKD Express

May 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Recognizing the efficiency losses to authors and reviewers when manuscripts turned down by a journal with a top-class review process are submitted to a new journal, AJKD offers an expedited consideration process for manuscripts that meet the [read more...]

Call for Applications: AJKD Editorial Internship Program

February 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

AJKD invites applications for its yearlong Editorial Internship Program, which will provide editorial experience to nephrology fellows interested in research, education, teaching, or medical editing/writing. AJKD Editorial Interns have the [read more...]

2018 AJKD Editors’ Choice Award

October 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

2018 saw AJKD publish 96 Original Investigations out of approximately 1,000 submissions, each a reflection of the outstanding science conducted by our authors and the diligence and dedication of our editors, editorial staff, and expert reviewers. [read more...]

2018 Inductees to the AJKD Reviewer Hall of Fame

October 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

We at AJKD strive to maintain the highest possible standards for the quality and integrity of the research that we publish, work that would not be possible without the help of more than 1,000 peer reviewers, annually. Our reviewers, selected for [read more...]

Special Announcement: Kidney Medicine, New Open Access Journal from NKF

October 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

The National Kidney Foundation is pleased to announce a new open access journal, Kidney Medicine, which is now open for submissions of original research, case reports, research letters, and reviews. AJKDBlog recently interviewed the editorial team [read more...]

Introducing the 2018-19 AJKD Editorial Interns

June 15, 2018 // 3 Comments

A few months ago, we put out a call for applications inviting first- and second-year trainees in US and Canadian fellowship programs to apply to the AJKD Editorial Internship. We received many thoughtful applications, unfortunately, from many more [read more...]

Controversial OPTN Committee Structure Changes Up for Public Comment

March 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: See response from Dr. Yolanda Becker, President of OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors here. Recently proposed changes to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) committee structure threaten to dilute the voice of [read more...]

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