Disease Models & Mechanisms

Disease Models & Mechanisms
DisciplinePathology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byElizabeth Patton
Publication details
History2008–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
4.3 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Dis. Models Mech.
Indexing
ISSN1754-8403 (print)
1754-8411 (web)
LCCN2008243837
OCLC no.268958836
Links

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 partnered with Publons, is part of the Review Commons initiative and has two-way integration with bioRxiv.[2]

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

Disease areas of interest include:[5]

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]

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. ^ a b "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.