The Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics was founded in 1870 as “Archiv für Gynaekologie” and has a long and outstanding tradition. Since 1922 the journal has been the Organ of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe.

The Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics publishes

-        Editorials
-        News and Views
-        Reviews
-        Original articles about clinical topics and basic research in the categories:
            Maternal Fetal Medicine
            General Gyneocology
            Gynecologic Oncology
            Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine
            Urogynecology
-        Position Statements and Guidelines
-        Correspondence (In this section correspondence on articles can be published. These are letters
          to the editor that are usually followed by answers of the authors.)
-        Images in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Outstanding illustrative material will be published. This
          should be followed by a short description without references.)
-        Abstracts

from all subspecialties in Gynecology and Obstetrics. All papers are peer-reviewed and published as quickly as possible. Case reports can be submitted, but will only be accepted if they are of broad interest to the readership and include a systematic review of the literature. Systematic reviews on rare diseases are welcome.

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if the guest editor(s) authors an article in their special issue, they will not handle the peer review process.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
O. Ortmann, Regensburg, Germany

COORDINATING EDITOR
S. Seitz, Regensburg, Germany

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
T. Burkhardt, Zürich, Switzerland
U. Gembruch, Bonn, Germany
K. O. Kagan, Tübingen, Germany
S. Kehl, Erlangen, Germany
E. Sheiner, Beer-Sheva, Israel
S. Verlohren, Berlin, Germany
K. Vetter, Berlin, Germany

General Gynecology
S. Brucker, Tübingen, Germany
U. Jeschke, München, Germany
D. Wallwiener, Tübingen, Germany

Gynecologic Oncology
C. Fotopoulou, London, United Kingdom
A. Ignatov, Regensburg, Germany
I. Juhasz-Böss, Homburg, Germany
I. Meinhold-Heerlein, Gießen, Germany
C. Schem, Kiel, Germany
J. Sehouli, Berlin, Germany
Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine
T. Strowitzki, Heidelberg, Germany
C. Tempfer, Herne, Germany
L. Wildt, Innsbruck, Austria

Urogynecology
C. Reisenauer, Tübingen, Germany

EDITORS EMERITUS
K. Diedrich, Lübeck, Germany
H. Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland

EDITORIAL BOARD
C. Banz-Jansen, Bielefeld, Germany
M. W. Beckmann, Erlangen, Germany
Z. Blumenfeld, Haifa, Israel
M. K. Bohlmann, Mannheim, Germany
T. Dimpfl , Kassel, Germany
A. du Bois, Essen, Germany
R. Felberbaum, Kempten, Germany
S. Ferrero, Genoa, Italy
D. Fink, Zürich, Switzerland
R. Granese, Messina, Italy
G. Griesinger, Lübeck, Germany
A. Hamza, Homburg, Germany
P. Hillemanns, Hannover, Germany
M. Hoopmann, Tübingen, Germany
A. Hornemann, Mannheim, Germany
U. Hoyme, Arnstadt, Germany
P. Husslein, Vienna, Austria
F. Jänicke, Hamburg, Germany
W. Janni, Ulm, Germany
C. von Kaisenberg, Hannover, Germany
A. Kumar, New Delhi, India
S. Kumar, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
M. S. Kupka, Hamburg, Germany
J. Langhoff-Roos, Copenhagen, Denmark
R. Lehner, Vienna, Austria
N. Maass, Kiel, Germany
C. Marth, Innsbruck, Austria
W. Mendling, Wuppertal, Germany
A. O. Mueck, Tübingen, Germany
I. Mylonas, München, Germany
A. Papadia, Bern, Switzerland
S. Polterauer, Vienna, Austria
B. Ramsauer, Berlin, Germany
A. Scharl, Amberg, Germany
E. Schleussner, Jena, Germany
A. Schmutzler, Kiel, Germany
B. Seeber, Innsbruck, Austria
A. Sotiriadis, Thessaloniki, Germany
A. Strauss, Kiel, Germany
P. Stute, Bern, Switzerland
D. Surbek, Bern, Switzerland
F.-A. Taran, Tübingen, Germany
B. Toth, Innsbruck, Germany
A. Walfisch, Beer-Sheva, Israel
A. Weintraub, Beer-Sheva, Israel
P. Wimberger, Dresden, Germany
A. Woeckel, Würzburg, Germany
Y. Yogev, Petah Tikva, Israel
R. Zimmermann, Zürich, Switzerland