(ISSN 2577-5820)
OBM Transplantation (ISSN 2577-5820) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc., which covers all evidence-based scientific studies related to transplantation, including: transplantation procedures and the maintenance of transplanted tissues or organs; assimilation of grafted tissue and the reconstitution of removed organs or parts of organs; transplantation of heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreatic islets and bone marrow, etc. Areas related to clinical and experimental transplantation are also of interest.
OBM Transplantation is committed to rapid review and publication, and we aim at serving the international transplant community with high accessibility as well as relevant and high quality content.
We welcome original clinical studies as well as basic science, reviews, short reports/rapid communications, case reports, opinions, technical notes, book reviews as well as letters to the editor.
Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2023): Submission to First Decision: 6.7 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 14.4 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 6 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)
Special Issue
Rational Utilization of Donor Organs
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2021 (Open) Submit Now
Guest Editor
Darren Stewart, M.S.
Research Department, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Research Interests: Solid organ transplantation; optimizing deceased donor kidney utilization; experimentation using behavioral science to optimize organ allocation; characterizing transplant patient outcomes on the waiting list and post-transplant; evaluating the effectiveness of the organ allocation system and identifying ways to improve it; measuring equity in organ allocation; identifying high versus low-performing transplant institutions to cultivate system-wide process improvement; evaluating how advances in statistical methods can be leveraged in the field of organ transplantation
About This Topic
Due to increasing prevalence of chronic disease worldwide, the demand for solid organ transplants generally far exceeds the available supply of transplant-quality organs in most countries. Yet in the face of such scarcity, why do many parts of the world struggle to maximize the utilization of donor organs, as evidenced by high organ discard rates, high offer refusal rates, and underutilization of potential donors?
In this issue, we seek research that advances our understanding of the drivers behind seemingly irrational underutilization of deceased donor organs, both at a national/system level and individual (institution/clinician/patient) level. We hope to move the conversation toward solutions that foster more rational organ utilization decisions, through levers such as
- Allocation policy advancements that balance concerns of utility, system efficiency / organ utilization, and equity
- Data-driven, clinical decision support tools for clinicians and patients that mitigate biases and uncertainty in decision-making
- Strategic use of performance metrics to drive institution and system-level utilization of organs that reduces risk-aversion and maximizes the benefit to organ failure patients
- A modified transplant financial model that reduces or avoids disincentives for organ underutilization
- Clinical innovations (e.g., perfusion; organ “repair”; donor management) to improve outcomes of less-than-perfect organs
Research is sought on organ (kidney, liver, lung, heart, pancreas, or intestine) utilization-related dynamics such as organ recovery rate patterns; offer acceptance/refusal patterns and reasons; the influence of performance metrics/monitoring; behavioral economics; allocation policy simulations aimed at increasing utilization; the role of transplant finances; and transplant outcomes.
International comparisons are encouraged.
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (transplantation@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.
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