Nephrology is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function and kidney disease, the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy. 

Aims and Scopes 

Nephrology concerns the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, including electrolyte disturbances and hypertension, and the care of those requiring renal replacement therapy, including dialysis and renal transplant patients. Many diseases affecting the kidney are systemic disorders not limited to the organ itself and may require special treatment.

International Journal of Clinical Nephrology (IJCN) predominantly encourages submission of manuscripts related to kidney physiology, kidney disease, the treatment of kidney problems, and renal replacement therapy. Systemic conditions that affect the kidneys (e.g. diabetes and autoimmune disease) and systemic problems that occur as a result of kidney problems (e.g. metabolic bone disease and hypertension) Clinical aspects types of the treatment for early detection and diagnosis.

We invite authors to submit their original articles, reviews, opinions, short communications, case reports, clinical perspectives, news, proceedings, health policies, etc.,

All published articles will be assigned DOI provided by CrossRef.                                                                                               

Open Access Policy: This journal is an open-access journal that provides immediate, worldwide, boundary-free access to the full content of every distributed article without charging readers or their institutions for access. Readers are given the authorization to read, circulate, copy, print, download, search, or link to the full texts of all articles in IJCN.

Fees and funding

Auctores is a self-reliant organization and does not receive any funding from neither government nor private sectors. Hence, the management of the journal is exclusively supported by the article processing fees received from authors. We ask that authors, institutions, funding agency should pay the article processing charges to facilitate our publication process. Our article processing charges are quite flexible compare to many other emerging publishers and we provide a wide range of offers to authors from middle-income and low-income countries. Authors will be sent an invoice along with the galley proof of the accepted article. Authors can pay the processing charge through the online payment portal by using a credit card and or can transfer the APC to the publisher’s account furnished in an invoice as an open-access publisher Auctores do not charge to authors for Manuscript submission fee and we only charge to authors for Article Processing Charges.

Indexing Services

Auctores publications appear in a wide range of abstracting and indexing databases. Different journals are listed in different databases. See our dedicated Abstracting and Indexing page for a detailed breakdown of journals per repository.

Peer Review Policies

Peer-Review Policy 

Peer review is designed to assess the validity, quality, and originality of articles for publication. Reviewers play an essential role in validating the research submitted and providing constructive feedback to the editors and authors. You can find more detail about the Peer Review Process here.

Editorial Policies

Our editors evaluate submitted manuscripts, and those that warrant further consideration are sent out for in-depth review. Manuscripts require a minimum of two reviews to be accepted.

Auctores does not accept pre-submission inquiries or accept resubmissions of manuscripts that have already been rejected for reasons related to novelty or impact.

If authors disagree with a reject decision made on the basis of serious reviewer error on a technical point they can appeal the decision by submitting a formal appeal. Authors must submit appeals within four weeks of the decision date to be considered.

Editors will review appeals and decide on appropriate next steps. Responses to reviews and revised manuscripts will not be considered with appeals unless requested by editors.

Auctores uses a highly selective peer-review process drawing from and beyond the full pool of reviewers

Appeals and Complaints

Even in cases where editors did not invite re-submission, some authors ask the editors to reconsider a rejection decision. These are considered appeals, which, by policy, must take second place to the normal workload. Although we strive to provide a decision on an appeal within 14 days, on some occasions it may take several weeks.

Decisions are reversed on appeal only if the editors are convinced that the original decision was made in error or critical new information or data has been added. If the manuscript was previously reviewed the editor may also discuss the appeal with one or more of the referees or even obtain advice from an additional referee. If the manuscript was not reviewed the editor may solicit informal opinions from one or more external experts.

Authors who wish to submit their manuscript elsewhere while it is under appeal at our journal must first withdraw their appeal.

Citing Articles in Auctores Journals

Articles in the Auctores journals are cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal.

Article citations follow this format

References should follow the standards summarized in the APA Citation Guide  

Journal References

Derwing, T. M., Rossiter, M. J., & Munro, M. J. (2002). Teaching native speakers to listen to foreign-accented speech. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 23(4), 245-259

Why publish your article with Auctores Journals

Immediate and free access to the published articles:  High visibility and readership through international dissemination.

High quality and rigorous peer review: Immense quality and meticulous peer-review.

Rapid publication: Rapid approval and quick publication of the manuscript.

Language Editing Services: Auctores Editing Services greatly improve the chances of your manuscript being accepted. Offering expert help in English language editing, translation, manuscript formatting, and figure preparation, Auctores Editing Services ensures that your manuscript is ready for submission.

Promoting Your Publication

Articles published in Auctores journals are included in article alerts and regular email updates.

In addition, articles published Auctores journals are may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press.

These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in Auctores.

Manuscript preparation Guidelines

Auctores supports you throughout the manuscript preparation process, from writing and preparing a great article to ensure it is seen, read, and cited. This section provides general style and formatting information. You can find more detail about the Formatting Guidelines.

Copyright: Once the manuscript has been accepted for publication, the Corresponding Author gets the copyright under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. This license allows articles to be freely downloaded from the Auctores website, and also allows articles and data to be re-used and re-distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited.

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