The Endocrine Society is the world's oldest and largest society devoted to endocrinology - hormone research and the clinical care of endocrine disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disease, osteoporosis, obesity, and infertility. Founded in 1916 and headquartered in Washington, DC, the Society has published endocrine science since 1917, when its basic-science journal Endocrinology first appeared. Today it owns five peer-reviewed journals, published under contract with Oxford University Press (OUP) since 2019, so submission, licensing, open-access payment, and Read & Publish coverage all run through OUP's infrastructure while editorial control stays with the Society.

A focused society portfolio like this works differently from a 3,000-journal commercial house: there are only five venues, they cover one field deeply, and choosing between them is mostly a question of article type and audience rather than discipline.

Molecular Endocrinology, the Society's dedicated molecular journal, merged into Endocrinology in 2016; its archive remains citable and searchable.

• The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) - clinical research on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of endocrine and metabolic disorders. Publishing since 1941.
• Endocrinology - basic and translational hormone science, from molecular mechanisms to physiology.
• Endocrine Reviews - long-form authoritative review articles spanning clinical and basic topics.
• Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES) - the Society's fully open-access research journal, launched in 2017, covering the full breadth of endocrine science and clinical practice.
• JCEM Case Reports - open-access clinical case reports with an educational emphasis.

The Society also publishes clinical practice guidelines, scientific statements, and patient-education material outside the journal program.

The portfolio mixes Gold OA and hybrid routes:

Open-access articles are published under Creative Commons licenses (CC BY where funders require it). Waivers and discounts for authors in low- and middle-income countries follow OUP's developing-countries policy. APCs change; always confirm on the journal's Oxford Academic charges page before submitting.

Endocrine Society journals use single-anonymized peer review: reviewers know the authors' identities, authors do not know the reviewers'. Editorial boards are appointed by the Society and drawn from the international endocrine research and clinical community. JES emphasizes rapid, criteria-based review of methodologically sound work; JCEM and Endocrinology apply conventional significance-based selection. Endocrine Reviews content is largely invited - prospective authors should send a proposal to the editorial office before writing.

1. Pick the journal. Match article type first (clinical research, basic science, review, case report), then scope.
2. Read the author guidelines. Each title has its own instructions on Oxford Academic; JES accepts format-neutral first submissions as a single Word, RTF, or PDF file.
3. Prepare the manuscript. Endocrine Society journals use a numbered citation style; SciSpace templates for the Society's journals handle the formatting.
4. Submit via Editorial Manager. All five journals run on Editorial Manager, each with its own site (e.g., editorialmanager.com/jclinendometab for JCEM).
5. On acceptance, choose your license - and check whether an institutional Read & Publish deal covers your APC before paying.

The Endocrine Society follows COPE guidance across the portfolio and works within OUP's OASPA and STM memberships and publishing-integrity infrastructure. Journals require disclosure of conflicts of interest, adherence to human- and animal-research ethics standards, and clinical-trial registration for applicable studies. Retractions and corrections follow COPE procedures.

Surplus from Endocrine Society journals funds the Society's scientific meetings (including ENDO, its annual conference), clinical practice guidelines, advocacy, and early-career programs - rather than shareholder returns. For endocrinology authors, the portfolio pairs field-specific editorial expertise with OUP's global distribution, indexing, and Read & Publish coverage.