Editorial Excellence

Recognizing editors of journals with highly rated publishing experiences

These exceptional editors performed in the top 15% of qualifying journals* based on data collected from the Journal Author Satisfaction survey. 

Throughout the year we invite journal authors to provide feedback on their publishing experience. We reviewed the prior year's data to identify the journals that exemplified editorial excellence in 2024. The top percentile of journals was determined by taking the mean of authors ratings of two statements from a 5 point scale: strongly disagree (1), disagree (2), neutral (3), agree (4), strongly agree (5). 

Those statements are:

  1. "The editorial advice and comments throughout the process helped to improve the paper" 
  2. "The editors managed the peer review process well" 

We thank the exceptional editors, past and present, who contributed to these achievements, as well as all of our valued journal editors and board members, for their continued dedication to advancing research. The work, commitment, and passion brought to Springer Nature journals each day is greatly appreciated. 

The top 15% of qualifying journals

91% of authors that responded to the Journal Author Satisfaction survey ‘strongly agreed’ or ‘agreed’ with both of the statements about the editorial experience at these journals.*


12981AIDS Research and Therapy

Patricia Price, Barbara Castelnuovo





10495Apoptosis

Arjan W. Griffioen, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska




395Basic Research in Cardiology

Gerd Heusch




13661Boundary Value Problems

Kanishka Perera, Xianhua Tang, Vicentiu Radulescu




223Calcified Tissue International

Rene Rizzoli, Roland D. Chapurlat



13578Cell & Bioscience

Yun-Fai Chris Lau




41421Cell Discovery

Dangsheng Li



41422Cell Research

Dangsheng Li



12187Child Indicators Research

Tobia Fattore, Asher Ben-Arieh, Daphna Gross-Manos, Bong Joo Lee




10641Environmental Biology of Fishes

Ricardo Souza Rosa




41307Higher Education Policy

Jeroen Huisman





13577Human Cell

Hiroaki Kataoka




11627In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant

David D. Songstad, Samir Debnath




11196International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique

Anne Wagner




42108International Journal of Energy and Water Resources

Madjid Abbaspour, A.H. Hassani




42947International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology

Jia-Ruey Chang, Musharraf Zaman




13002Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Andrea Pieroni




41043Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Swapan Roy




10964Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Roger J. R. Levesque




138Machine Vision and Applications

Ying Wu




11043Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Hongbing Lu, Igor Emri

10705Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Marta Camps-Arbestain, Else Bünemann-König, Florian Wichern

11590Optimization Letters

Oleg A. Prokopyev, Pavlo Krokhmal

11282Oral Radiology

Shumei Murakami

296Rheumatology International

Armen Yuri Gasparyan

11182Russian Physics Journal

Alexander I. Potekaev

12115Society

Daniel Gordon

40299The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Timothy Teo

40515Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology

Hoe I. Ling

We also thank these editors whose journals scored in the top 25%. 

Mathematics, Physical and Applied Sciences

  • Aerospace Systems: Dmitry Yu. Strelets, Xingqun Zhan, Zhenghong Zhu, Zhongliang Jing
  • Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering: Zbigniew Gronostajski
  • Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering: Eugenio Oñate, Michal Kleiber
  • Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie / Contributions to Algebra and Geometry: Martin Henk, Gabriele Nebe, Christian Sevenheck
  • BioNanoScience: Victor Erokhin
  • Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering: Dirk Weuster-Botz
  • Bulletin of Materials Science: BLV Prasad
  • Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society: Rosihan  M. Ali
  • Colloid and Polymer Science: Friedrich Kremer, Alexander Wittemann, Yu Zhu
  • Education and Information Technologies: Arthur Tatnall
  • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking: Eduard Jorswieck
  • Evolving Systems: Plamen Angelov, Nikola K. Kasabov, Dimitar Filev
  • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: Mohamed Meguid
  • GPS Solutions: Panagiotis Vergados
  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health: Edwin van Wijngaarden
  • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences: SangJoon Shin
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences: Ulrich Riller
  • International Journal of Information Technology: M. N. Hoda
  • International Journal of Metalcasting: Thomas Prucha
  • International Journal of Thermophysics: Marc Assael
  • Ionics: Eric Wachsman, Werner Weppner
  • Iranian Polymer Journal: Masoud Esfandeh
  • Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring: Farhad Ansari
  • Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems: Yuri L. Sachkov, Andrei A. Agrachev
  • Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials: Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Martel Zeldin
  • Journal of Intelligent Information Systems: Zbigniew Ras
  • Journal of Mathematical Sciences: Alexey Karapetyants
  • Journal of Pseudo-Differential Operators and Applications: Luigi Rodino, M. W. Wong
  • Journal of Real-Time Image Processing: Nasser Kehtarnavaz
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments: Philip N. Owens, Zhihong Xu
  • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry: Yair Ein-Eli
  • Journal of Solution Chemistry: Earle Waghorne, Magdalena Bendova
  • Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society: Besim Ben-Nissan, Charles Sorrell, Pramod Koshy
  • Materials Circular Economy: Jose Rajan, Seeram Ramakrishna
  • Metals and Materials International: HyoungSeop Kim
  • Modeling Earth Systems and Environment: Md. Nazrul Islam, Julian Aherne, Daisuke Kitazawa
  • Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design: Young Wuk Kwon
  • Production Engineering: Marion Merklein, Hinnerk Hagenah
  • Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis: Gábor Lente
  • Science China Chemistry: Li-Jun Wan, Xuemei Zhang
  • Semigroup Forum: Mikhail Volkov
  • Silicon: David A. Schiraldi
  • Structural Chemistry: Istvan Hargittai
  • The Mathematical Intelligencer: Karen Parshall, Sergei Tabachnikov
  • Water Conservation Science and Engineering: Christopher P. Saint, Meng Nan Chong
  • Wireless Networks: Imrich Chlamtac
  • Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik: Kaspar Nipp

Medicine and Life Sciences

  • Acta Pharmacologica Sinica: Jian Ding
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research: Nicola Veronese
  • Agricultural Research: Anupam Varma
  • Anatomical Science International: Sén Takeda
  • Applied Fruit Science: Werner Dierend
  • Aquaculture International: Gavin Burnell
  • Archives of Microbiology: Yusuf Akhter
  • BDJ Open: Jonathan Lewney
  • Bulletin of the National Research Centre: Ashraf Hamed Shaalan, Yasser Refaat Abdel-Fattah, Ihab Tewfik
  • Cardiovascular Toxicology: Daniel J. Conklin
  • Cellular & Molecular Immunology: Xuetao Cao, Zhigang Tian
  • Clinical and Translational Oncology: Mariano Provencio
  • Clinical Rheumatology: Adewale Adebajo
  • Diabetologia: Hindrik Mulder
  • Endocrine Pathology: Ozgur Mete
  • European Journal of Pediatrics: Peter de Winter
  • Indian Journal of Pediatrics: SK Kabra
  • Inflammation: Massimo Gadina
  • Inflammopharmacology: Phillip Berry, Kim D. Rainsford
  • International Journal of Colorectal Disease: Gianluca Pellino
  • Japanese Journal of Radiology: Shinji Naganawa
  • Journal of Molecular Neuroscience: Illana Gozes
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation: Stephen Scypinski
  • Journal of Robotic Surgery: David Albala
  • Lung: Peter V. Dicpinigaitis
  • Mammalian Genome: Steve D.M. Brown, Stephen A. Murray
  • Medical Oncology: Sarah Amend
  • Middle East Current Psychiatry: Tarek A. Okasha
  • Mycopathologia: Vishnu Chaturvedi, Martin Hoenigl
  • Pediatric Nephrology: Giovanni Montini, Joseph Flynn
  • Plant and Soil: Hans Lambers, Lieve Bultynck
  • Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC): Sergio J. Ochatt
  • Sport Sciences for Health: Federico Schena
  • Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy: Fabrice Duparc, Bruno Grignon
  • Symbiosis: David H.S. Richardson
  • The Protein Journal: Lawrence J. Berliner
  • Urban Ecosystems: Chi Yung Jim, Michael McKinney

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science: Yoshiro Higano
  • Global Social Welfare: Fred M. Ssewamala, Mary McKay
  • Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science: Jaan Valsiner
  • International Economics and Economic Policy: Robert Czudaj, Joscha Beckmann
  • International Journal of Technology and Design Education: Jeffrey Buckley
  • Journal of Industrial and Business Economics: Salvatore Torrisi, Monica Giulietti, Davide Castellani
  • Journal of Urban Health: David Vlahov
  • Pastoral Psychology: Kirk A. Bingaman
  • Science & Education: Cristiano B. Moura
  • Trends in Psychology: Giuseppina (Pina) Marsico, Angelo Brandelli Costa

Open Access

  • Biology Direct: Gerry Melino
  • Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome: Marcello Bertoluci, Sergio Vencio
  • Discover Civil Engineering: Adeyemi Adesina
  • Infectious Agents and Cancer: Franco M. Buonaguro, Sam M. Mbulaiteye, Maria Lina Tornesello
  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research: Mauro Castelli, Alice Castelli
  • Journal of Ovarian Research: Benjamin Tsang, Sham Kakar
  • Rice: Takuji Sasaki
  • The Journal of Headache and Pain: Paolo Martelletti
  • Tropical Medicine and Health: Masahiro Hashizume

*Qualifying Criteria: Only journals with an external editorial board that receive ten or more responses from published corresponding authors in 2024 were considered in the analysis. The journal also had to receive an overall satisfaction score of or over the mean average for the year. From this selection of journals the top performing journals were chosen based on their mean score for the two statements “The editorial advice and comments throughout the process helped to improve the paper" and "The editors managed the peer review process well", asked about on a 5 point scale: strongly disagree (1), disagree (2), neutral (3), agree (4), strongly agree (5).