Mechanisms of Ageing and Development is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at revealing the molecular, biochemical and biological mechanisms that underlie the processes of ageing and development in various species as well as of age-associated diseases. Emphasis is placed on investigations that delineate the contribution of macromolecular damage and cytotoxicity, genetic programs, epigenetics and genetic instability, mitochondrial function, alterations of metabolism and innovative anti-aging approaches. For all of the mentioned studies it is necessary to address the underlying mechanisms. Purely descriptive or correlative or case studies as well as various -omics data not linked to functional analyses are not considered.

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development publishes original research, review and mini-review articles. Authors should denote in the cover letter how their research is linked with previously published work. Review and mini-review articles are considered from authors having a documented experience and a strong publication record in the given field. The journal also publishes Special Issues that focus on emerging research areas. Special Issues may include all types of articles following peer review. Proposals should be sent directly to the Editor-in-Chief.

Research papers
Short Communication
Reviews or mini-reviews 
Progress Papers
Opinion Papers

Editor-in-Chief
Efstathios Gonos
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece Email Efstathios Gonos
Associate Editors
Angelo Azzi
Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alexander Burkle
Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Patricia Opresko
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Heinz Osiewacz
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
João F. Passos
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Graham Pawelec
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Reviews and Special Issue Editor
Aleksandra Mladenovic Djordjevic
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Email Aleksandra Mladenovic Djordjevic
Previous Editors-in-Chief
Vilhelm Bohr
National Institute of Aging (NIA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tom Kirkwood
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Sang Chul Park
Seoul National University (SNU), Chongno-Gu, The Republic of Korea
Jan Vijg
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, New York, USA
Editorial Board Members
Peter Adams
Beatson Oncology Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Steven Austad
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Andrzej Bartke
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
Ilaria Bellantuono
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Shelley Berger
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Maria A. Blasco
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
Michael Breitenbach
Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Gillian Butler-Browne
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Judith Campisi
Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, USA
Miriam Capri
Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Kaare Christensen
University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
Barbara Demeneix
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris cedex 5, France
Lawrence Donehower
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Rita Effros
UCLA Health System, Los Angeles, California, USA
Luigi Ferrucci, PhD, MD
National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Toren Finkel
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Claudio Franceschi
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Bertrand Friguet
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
George Garinis
Foundation for Research & Technology - FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Johannes Grillari
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Innsbruck, Austria
Tilman Grune, MD, PhD
German Institute of Human Nutrition, Nuthetal, Germany
Jing-Dong Han
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China
Siegfried Hekimi
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Stephen Helfand
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Peter Hornsby
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Pidder Jansen-Duerr
Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Innsbruck, Austria
Parmjit Jat
UCL Institute of Neurology, London, England, UK
F. Bradley Johnson
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas Johnson
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dimitris Kletsas
National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) "Demokritos", Athens, Greece
Yie Liu
National Institute of Aging (NIA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Lawrence A. Loeb
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Mark P. Mattson
National Institute of Aging (NIA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Hong Gil Nam
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, The Republic of Korea
Fabiola Olivieri
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Giuseppe Passarino
IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Italy
Henrik Poulsen
Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Roberta Ricciarelli
Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
Lenhard Rudolph
Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
Björn Schumacher
Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
Manuel Serrano
Spanish National Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain
David Sinclair
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Eline Slagboom
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
Csaba Söti
Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Tinna Stevnsner
Aarhus University, Arhus, Denmark
Dennis Taub
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Crete, Greece
Renu Wadhwa
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Eugenia Wang
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Yang Yang
Northwest University, Xi’an, China