Epidemiologists need tools to measure effects of gender, a complex concept originating in the social sciences which is not easily operationalized in the discipline. In this study, the authors aim to clarify helpful measures, paths, effects, and analytical strategies to explore mechanisms of health differences between men and women.
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Read more about our newly launched special series on the topics of Sex Differences in Development and Sex Differences in COVID-19.
Aims and scope
Unlike any other scientific journal, Biology of Sex Differences focuses on sex differences in all aspects of an individual or organism: from molecules to behavior and from studies of cellular function to clinical research studies. This journal aims to improve understanding of basic biological principles mediating sex differences and foster development of therapeutic and diagnostic tools that are sex-specific. To the extent that gender influences biological outcomes, this journal also is interested in research addressing gender differences. Articles are expected to report results that directly compare sex/gender differences in the statistical analysis.
Biology of Sex Differences is the official journal of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, and a publication of the Society for Women's Health Research.
Articles
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Sex differences in umbilical artery Doppler indices: a longitudinal study
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Sex differences in fetal growth and immediate birth outcomes in a low-risk Caucasian population
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Sex & vision I: Spatio-temporal resolution
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Sex and vision II: color appearance of monochromatic lights
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The Sex Chromosome Trisomy mouse model of XXY and XYY: metabolism and motor performance
Upcoming Collections
2022
Sex Differences in COVID-19
We welcome submissions of original articles and reviews on preclinical and clinical research in which findings of new sex differences in COVID-19 are reported. We are particularly interested in studies in which potential mechanisms are tested.
Sex Differences in Development
We are interested in primary research or review articles that address sex differences in development that are influenced by environmental, social, genetic, hormonal, or other biological factors. Outcome measures may include brain, behavior and/or physiological processes in children/adolescents or animal models of these processes.
2020
Sex differences in response to androgens: physiological and pathophysiological
Guest Editor: Licy Yanes Cardozo
Hypertension, preeclampsia, renal and cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
Guest Editor: Vesna Garovic
2019
Sex Differences in Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and the Microbiome
Guest Editor: Kate Denton
Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Jill Becker, University of Michigan, USA
Associate Editors
Jeanette H. Magnus, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
Licy L. Yanes Cardozo, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Founding Editor
Arthur P Arnold, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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Message from the OSSD President
Rhonda Voskuhl, M.D., President of OSSD
Rhonda Voskuhl M.D. is the current President of the OSSD. She holds the Jack H. Skirball Chair and is a Professor in the Department of Neurology and the Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
To read about some of the latest work by Dr. Voskuhl click here.
The Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) is an international research society focused on the study of sex as a biologic variable in health and disease. Our members have tremendous expertise in a vast array of disciplines within science and medicine, linked by the common theme of the study of sex differences. Our annual meeting brings together these investigators to share mechanistic insights underlying sex differences to promote thinking outside the box of each specific discipline. OSSD also does advocacy and education regarding the importance of understanding sex differences that can translate into novel treatments optimally tailored for each sex for the benefit of both women and men. The Biology of Sex Differences is the official journal of the OSSD and a partner in this shared mission.
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Speed
24 days to first decision for all manuscripts
34 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
136 days from submission to acceptance
20 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
5.027 - 2-year Impact Factor
5.561 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.495 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.782 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
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793,899 downloads (2021)
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