Congratulations to author Svante Pääbo, who was awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 3rd, 2022 for his work in human evolution, namely sequencing the genetic code of the Neanderthal and his discovery of the Denisovans. He is currently the Director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany. We are pleased to highlight a recently-published paper by Dr. Pääbo and colleagues in which a method based on muscle tissue RNA sequencing data (totRNAseq) to estimate the distribution of skeletal muscle fiber types from frozen human samples is described.
Featured Article: High-throughput muscle fiber typing from RNA sequencing data
Articles
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Macroglossia and less advanced dystrophic change in the tongue muscle of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy rat
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Megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy due to novel CHKB variants: a case report and literature review
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Mouse models of SMA show divergent patterns of neuronal vulnerability and resilience
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Identification of the co-differentially expressed hub genes involved in the endogenous protective mechanism against ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction
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The endogenous molecular clock orchestrates the temporal separation of substrate metabolism in skeletal muscle
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: pathogenic mechanisms of muscle weakness
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Aberrant repair and fibrosis development in skeletal muscle
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Regulation of skeletal muscle growth by the IGF1-Akt/PKB pathway: insights from genetic models
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T-tubule biogenesis and triad formation in skeletal muscle and implication in human diseases
Featured blogs
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Investigating the genetics behind muscular dystrophy in dogs
05 September 2017
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Tackling ischemia to treat DMD
01 July 2014
Aims and scope
Skeletal Muscle is a peer-reviewed, open access, online journal that publishes articles investigating molecular mechanisms underlying the biology of skeletal muscle. A wide range of skeletal muscle biology is included: development, metabolism, the regulation of mass and function, aging, degeneration, dystrophy and regeneration. The emphasis is on understanding adult skeletal muscle, its maintenance, and its interactions with non-muscle cell types and regulatory modulators.
Editor quotes
Carmen Birchmeier, co-Editor- in-Chief
"Skeletal muscle provides a platform for work on basic mechanisms used during muscle development, regeneration disease and aging. I find the similarities and differences between developing and adult muscle stem cells particularly fascinating."
Markus A Rüegg, co-Editor-in-Chief
"Skeletal Muscle publishes influential mechanistic and methodological papers in the field and has become an important journal for my own research. I hope to further strengthen the journal´s coverage of mechanisms involved in the pathology of neuromuscular diseases."
David Glass, co-Editor-in-Chief
"The goal of the journal is to understand how the skeletal muscle relevant cellular systems work, so that one might be able to improve human health and combat disease.”
Michael A Rudnicki, co-Editor-in-Chief
"Skeletal Muscle is an exciting journal that will provide a home for our field and facilitate better dissemination of research into the fundamental mechanisms regulating muscle development, regeneration and function."
Kevin P Campbell, Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
"I am fascinated by the molecular architecture and machinery of muscle cells, and I am constantly surprised by the number of cellular mechanisms that maintain muscle function. I am encouraged by these discoveries, too, because all of these mechanisms provide us with many possibilities for attacking the muscle disease.”
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact
5.063 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
5.483 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.202 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
2.185 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Speed
50 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
38 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)Usage
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422 Altmetric mentions (2021)