Official Journal of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS). Affiliated with the Australasian Menopause Society (AMS). 

Maturitas is an international multidisciplinary peer reviewed scientific journal of midlife health and beyond publishing original research, reviews, consensus statements and guidelines, and mini-reviews. The journal provides a forum for all aspects of postreproductive health in both genders ranging from basic science to health and social care. 

Topic areas include: • Aging • Alternative and Complementary medicines • Arthritis and Bone Health • Cancer • Cardiovascular Health • Cognitive and Physical Functioning • Epidemiology, health and social care • Gynecology/ Reproductive Endocrinology • Nutrition/ Obesity Diabetes/ Metabolic Syndrome • Menopause, Ovarian Aging • Mental Health • Pharmacology • Sexuality • Quality of Life 

Maturitas provides a lively and high visibility platform to encourage new insights and exchange of important new developments between researchers, clinicians and care providers in the field of midlife health to promote a personalized approach to healthy aging. 

We offer Fast Track publication for clinical trials and research articles which present ground-breaking results that justify rapid dissemination. Articles accepted through this route can expect a final editorial decision in under 7 weeks. Accepted articles are published online (as Articles-in-Press) in less than 5 weeks.

Articles submitted for this route will be checked by the Editor-in-Chief to determine if the criterion for fast publication has been met; if not, articles will be redirected to the normal route of category article. 

Original articles
Short communications
Review articles
Minireviews
Letters to the Editor
Guest editorials

Editors-in-Chief
Leon Flicker
Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia Email Leon Flicker
Irene Lambrinoudaki
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athina, Greece Email Irene Lambrinoudaki
Editors
Cédric Annweiler, MD, PhD
University of Angers, Angers, France
Prof. Martina Dören
Charite University Hospital Berlin, Germany
Alan Godfrey
Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Ass. Prof. Lubna Pal
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New Haven, CT, United States
Prof. Serge Rozenberg
Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium
Dr. Tommaso Simoncini
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Prof. Yvonne Van der Schouw
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Statistical Advisor
Konstantinos Bougioukas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical Statistics, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Susan Dutton
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Bettina Haidich
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical Statistics, Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandra Livada
Athens University of Economics and Business, Biostatistics, Athens, Greece
Theodoros Sergentanis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Health Sciences, Athens, Greece
Giota Touloumi
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical Statistics, Athens, Greece
Vasilios Vasdekis
Athens University of Economics and Business, Biostatistics, Athens, Greece
Eleni Verykouki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical Statistics, Thessaloniki, Greece
Editorial Board
O.P. Almeida
Perth, WA, Australia
D. Anderson
Melbourne, Queensland, Australia
V. Apostolopoulos
Melbourne, Australia
J.-F. Arnal
Paris, France
M.A. Banerji
Brooklyn, NY, United States
O. Beauchet, MD, PhD
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
S. Bierma-Zeinstra
Rotterdam, Netherlands
N. Biglia
Torino, Italy
H. Bimonte Nelson
Tempe, Arizona, United States
M.J. Blanco-Prieto
Pamplona, Spain
J.E. Blumel
Santiago, Chile
M. Canonico
Paris, France
P.A. Chedraui
Guayaquil, Ecuador
B.L. Clarke, MD
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
M. Cornock
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
S. Davis
Clayton, Australia
C.T. Erel
Istanbul, Turkey
S. Faubion, MD, FACP, NCMP
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
R.L. Glaser
Dayton, OH, United States
D.G. Goulis, MD, PhD
Thessaloniki, Greece
A. Graziottin
Milano, Italy
N. Greenwood
London, United Kingdom
A. Hextall
St Albans, United Kingdom
M. Hickey
Parkville, VIC, Australia
F. Hita Contreras
Jaen, Spain
M. Kavousi
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
K. Kublickiene
Stockholm, Sweden
A. Kydd
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J. Lara
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
E. Løkkegaard
København, Denmark
V. Malafarina
Pamplona, Spain
S. Marshall
Robina, Australia
D. McGrath
Dublin, Ireland
B. Meczekalski
Poznan, Poland
M. Melby
Newark, DE, United States
N. Mendoza Ladron de Guevara
Granada, Spain
M.J.E. Mourits
Groningen, Netherlands
A.O. Mueck
Tubingen, Germany
T. Muka
Rotterdam, Netherlands
R. Nappi, MD
Pavia, Italy
M.K. Oehler
Adelaide, SA, Australia
S. Palacios
Madrid, Spain
D.B. Panagiotakos
Athens, Greece
A. Pines
Tel Aviv, Israel
P. Polo
TURKU, Finland
A. Polotsky
Aurora, Colorado, United States
D. Robinson
London, United Kingdom
W.A. Rocca
Rochester, MN, United States
X. Ruan
Beijing, China
I. Rudkowska
Quebec, Canada
S. Sassarini
Glasgow, United Kingdom
K. Schenck-Gustafsson
Stockholm, Sweden
C. Seib
Southport, Australia
M.J. Sherratt
Manchester, United Kingdom
N. Siseles
Buenos Aires, Argentina
C. Szoeke
Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
A. Thomas
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
F.A. Tremollieres
Toulouse, France
P. Tuomikoski
Helsinki, Finland
T. Van Geel
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Z. Wei
Shanghai, China
M. Wellons
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
B. Yeap
Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
P. Kenemans
M. Rees
Senior Editorial Advisors
G.A. Bachmann
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
M.H. Birkhäuser
Basel, Switzerland
A. Cano
Valencia, Spain
S.T. Kehoe
Oxford, United Kingdom
A.H.E.M. Maas
Nijmegen, Netherlands
M.J. Minkin
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
G. Mishra, Ph.D.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
F.R. Pérez-López
Zaragoza, Spain
J.H. Pickar
New York, NY, United States
H.P.G. Schneider
Munster, Germany
J.C. Stevenson
London, United Kingdom
L. Stojanovska
Melbourne, Australia
Ethics Editor
A. Higgs
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
EMAS Administrator
S. Talboom
Berlin, Germany
Founding Editor
P.A. van Keep