Special Issues

• Molecular and Cellular Advances in Gynecologic Cancer Research

  Guest Editor: Padmanaban S. Suresh
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: ovarian cancer; endometrial cancer; cervical cancer; vulvar cancer; vaginal cancer; molecular pathology; biomarkers; cell biology; genetics; genomics; proteomics
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Advances in the Reduction of Blood Loss During and after Cesarean Delivery

  Guest Editor: Ahmed M. Maged
  Keywords: intraoperative blood loss; cesarean delivery; postpartum hemorrhage; medical control of bleeding; surgical techniques for bleeding
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

  Guest Editors: Farzaneh Fesahat, Fateme Zare, Hossein Ansariniya
  Keywords: cytokines and recurrent abortion; seminal plasma peptide component and recurrent abortion; the role of innate lymphoid cells in recurrent abortion; animal models of RSA; immunological disorders in RSA
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Updated Research in Cervical Cancer Screening

  Guest Editor: Prapaporn Suprasert
  Keywords: cervical cancer screening; primary HPV test; attitude
  Submission deadline: 10 October 2023

• First Trimester Fetal Ultrasonography Examination

  Guest Editor: Salih Burçin Kavak
  Keywords: first trimester ultrasonography; fetal assesment
  Submission deadline: 24 October 2023

• Delivery and Pelvic Floor Disorders

  Guest Editor: Stefano Manodoro
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: Pelvic floor disorders; Childbirth; Delivery; Genital prolapse; Incontinence
  (4 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Recent Technical Innovations in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

  Guest Editor: Kentaro Nakayama
  Section: Gynecologic surgery
  Keywords: Minima invasive surgery; Robotic surgery; Total laparoscopic hysterectomy; Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Outcome

  Guest Editor: Sotirios Sotiriou
  Section: Pregnancy
  Keywords: prenatal diagnosis; pregnancy outcome; prenatal ultrasound; elastography; neurosonography; ischemic placental disease; morbidly adherent placenta; genetic screening
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Ovarian Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

  Guest Editor: Federico Ferrari
  Keywords: ovarian tumors; children; adolescents; fertility preservation
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Vaginitis Causes and Management

  Guest Editor: Hossein Zarrinfar
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: vaginitis; candidiasis; antifungals; candida; resistant; co-infection
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Therapeutic and Diagnostic Approaches to Preeclampsia

  Guest Editors: Subhradip Karmakar, Ruby Dhar
  Keywords: Preeclampsia, biomarker, immune and vascular therapies; cardiovascular complications
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Advances in Prenatal Phenotyping

  Guest Editor: Shagun Aggarwal
  Keywords: prenatal exome sequencing; fetal dysmorphology; antenatal imaging; prenatal diagnosis; fetal mendelian disorders
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Robotic Surgery

  Guest Editor: Gianluca Raffaello Damiani
  Section: Gynecologic surgery
  Keywords: robot-assisted laparoscopy; robotic surgery; minimally invasive surgery
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Cancer Research and Treatment in Women

  Guest Editors: Weikai Xiao, Shaoquan Zheng, Jindong Xie
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: diagnosis; prognosis; clinical practice; tumor microenvironment; cancer treatment; molecular mechanism; clinical bioinformatics
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Impact of COVID-19 on Obstetric Habits

  Guest Editor: Federica Perelli
  Keywords: COVID-19; obstetrics; antibodies; vaccination; infection; pregnancy
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Machine Learning Application in Gynecologic Cancer Prognosis

  Guest Editor: Michał Jasiński
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: cancers; gynecologic cancer prognosis; machine learning (ML); artificial neural networks (ANNs); bayesian networks (BNs); support vector machines (SVMs); decision trees (DTs)
  Submission deadline: 25 December 2023

• Prevalence, Therapy and Risk Factors for Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse

  Guest Editors: Wei-Ting Chao, Huann-Cheng Horng
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: stress urinary incontinence; urgency urinary incontinence; overactive bladder; interstitial cystitis; pelvic organ prolapse; minimally invasive pelvic reconstructive surgery; mid-urethral sling
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2023

• Advanced Methods for Overcoming Ovarian Aging in Infertility Treatment

  Guest Editors: Kyu-Sup Lee, Bo Sun Joo
  Keywords: ovarian aging; infertility; ovarian rejuvenation; angiogenesis; primordial follicles; antioxidant; ovarian stem cells; stem cell treatment; genomics; pharmacology
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2023

• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Treatment

  Guest Editor: Aboubakr Elnashar
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2023

• Feature Papers in Perinatology

  Guest Editor: Jacques Balayla
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

  Guest Editor: Michael H. Dahan
  Keywords: IVF; IVM; agonist trigger; ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; progestins to prevent; ovulation; fertility preservation; oocyte freezing
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Infant and Adolescent Gynecology: from Birth to PCOS

  Guest Editors: Maria Elisabeth Street, Anna Maria Fulghesu
  Section: Adolescent and pediatric gynecology
  Keywords: adolescent gynecology; PCOS; disorders of the menstrual cycle; dysmenorrhea; pollution; endocrine disruptors
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Endoscopic Surgery, Imaging, Minimally Invasive Technology and Therapy in Gynecology

  Guest Editor: Andrea Tinelli
  Section: Gynecologic surgery
  Keywords: minimally invasive gynecological surgery; endoscopic gynecological surgery; imaging in gynecology; minimally invasive therapy
  (5 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Etiology, Management, and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnancies Complicated by Premature Rupture of Membranes

  Guest Editor: Süleyman Cemil Oğlak
  Section: Pregnancy
  Keywords: premature rupture of membranes; pathophysiology of membrane rupture; diagnosis and management; latency period; infectious complications; maternal and neonatal care; prematurity
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Female Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Affected by Endocrine Diseases

  Guest Editor: Ralitsa Robeva
  Keywords: female reproduction; infertility; endocrine disorders; hypogonadism; PCOS
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Rare Ovarian Tumors: New Insights into Diagnosis and Treatment

  Guest Editor: Yasuhiko Ebina
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: ovarian germ cell tumors; ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors; rare epithelial ovarian cancers; less common ovarian cancers
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Pregnancy with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Management and Outcomes

  Guest Editors: Gokhan Acmaz, Iptisam Ipek Muderris
  Section: Pregnancy
  Keywords: gestational diabetes; obstetrics; caesarean; reproduction
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Cervical Cancer Therapy and Prognosis

  Guest Editors: Cem Onal, Güler Yavaş
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: cervical cancer; surgery; chemotherapy; radiotherapy
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Pathogenesis and Treatment of Endometrial Diseases

  Guest Editors: Andrea Giannini, Aris Raad Besharat
  Keywords: endometrial disease; molecular; genetics; target therapy; personalized treatment; endometrial cancer; endometrial precancerous lesions
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Frontier in Surgical Treatment for Gynecological Diseases

  Guest Editor: Carlo Ronsini
  Keywords: gynecological surgery; endometriosis; crvical cancer; ovarian cancer; endometrial cancer; robotic surgery; minimally invasive surgery
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• New Insights into Molecular Mechanisms and Management of Endometrial Diseases

  Guest Editors: Violante Di Donato, Ilaria Cuccu
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: endometrial disease; molecular; endometrial cancer; endometrial hyperplasia; endometrioid intraepithelial neoplasia
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• Diagnosis and Management of Ectopic Pregnancy

  Guest Editors: Felice Sorrentino, Antonio Simone Laganà
  Keywords: Ectopic pregnancies (EPs); Interstitial ectopic pregnancy (IEPs); β-hCG; Methotrexate; Cornuostomy; resection; fertility; laparoscopy
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• Maternal Fetal Medicine - Volume 2

  Guest Editor: Paolo Ivo Cavoretto
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• Therapeutic Management of Endometriosis

  Guest Editor: Panagiotis Peitsidis
  Section: Gynecological disease
  Keywords: endometriosis; infertility; pelvic pain; surgery; laparoscopy; regimen
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• Lattice Radiotherapy for Gynecological Tumors

  Guest Editors: Antonio Pontoriero, Gianluca Ferini
  Keywords: lattice radiotherapy; magnetic resonance imaging; gynecological cancer; inoperable bulky tumors; palliative care; palliative radiotherapy; spatially fractionated radiation therapy
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• Fertility Preservation: Multidisciplinary Approaches in Women's Reproductive Health

  Guest Editors: Dolors Manau, Camil Castelo-Branco, Maria Antonietta Castaldi
  Keywords: fertility preservation; ovarian failure; ovarian aging; Assisted Reproductive Technology; fertility preserving surgery; gynecologic cancer; cryobiology
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Pregnancies Complicated by Intrauterine Growth Restriction in Gestational Diabetes: Management and Perinatal Outcomes

  Guest Editors: Andrea Surányi, Zoltán Kozinszky
  Keywords: IUGR; GDM; perinatal outcome; management; good clinical practice; evidence-based practice
  Submission deadline: 15 February 2024

• Placenta Previa

  Guest Editors: Hironori Takahashi, Osamu Samura
  Keywords: Placenta previa; Placenta accreta spectrum; Assisted reproductive technology; Cerebral palsy; COVID-19; Preterm delivery; Transarterial embolization; Hysterectomy; Uterine compression suture; Intrauterine balloon; Atonic bleeding; Postpartum hemorrhage
  (4 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 28 February 2024

• Surgical Management of Endometrial Cancer

  Guest Editor: Samir A. Farghaly
  Keywords: endometrial cancer (EC); minimally invasive surgery; surgical resection; surgical modality
  Submission deadline: 28 February 2024

• Pregnancy-Associated Immune and Autoimmune Diseases - Volume II

  Guest Editor: Anca Angela Simionescu
  Keywords: pregnancy; systemic lupus erythematosus; rheumatoid arthritis; sjögren syndrome; antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; asthma; grave’s disease; autoimmune gestational diabetes; obstetrical complications
  Submission deadline: 28 February 2024

• Stillbirth and Associated Risk Factors

  Guest Editor: Aleksandr Urakov
  Keywords: stillbirth; fetal hypoxia; irreversible brain damage; resistance to hypoxia; hypoxia resistance test; timely C-section
  Submission deadline: 28 February 2024

• Pregnancy-Associated Diseases: Practical and Theoretical Aspects - Volume II

  Guest Editors: Elena Bernad, Marius Craina, Codrut Andrei Nanu
  Keywords: pregnancy; prenatal care; high-risk; pathology; genetics; endocrine system diseases; nutrition disorders; cardiovascular diseases; female urogenital diseases; immune system diseases; infections; litigation
  Submission deadline: 28 February 2024

• Labor Induction in Post-term and High-risk Term Pregnancies

  Guest Editors: Selim Büyükkurt, Rauf Melekoğlu
  Keywords: labor induction; post-term pregnancy; oxytocin; prostaglandin; balloon dilatation; hyperstimulation syndrome; acute fetal distress; uterine rupture
  Submission deadline: 30 March 2024

• Updated Research in Female Infertility

  Guest Editor: Ali Yavuzcan
  Keywords: andrology; assisted reproductive technologies; female infertility; new insights
  Submission deadline: 30 March 2024

• Waterbirths as a Means of Supporting Natural Birthing: Advantages and Risks

  Guest Editor: Dimitrios Papoutsis
  Keywords: natural births; waterbirths; humanisation of birth; normality at birth
  Submission deadline: 31 March 2024

• Impact and Consequences of Lymphadenectomy and Sentinel Lymph Node Resection in Treatment of Gynecological Cancer

  Guest Editors: Preben Kjølhede, Madelene Wedin
  Keywords: gynecological cancer; lymphadenectomy; sentinel lymph node; clinical outcome; PREM; PROM; health economics
  Submission deadline: 31 March 2024

• COVID-19 in Pregnancy - Volume II

  Guest Editor: Luca Roncati
  Section: Pregnancy
  Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Th1; Th2; ACE; ACE2; angiotensin; pregnancy; preterm labor; miscarriage; placenta; fetus; fetoplacental pathology; vaccines
  Submission deadline: 15 September 2024

• Fertility-Sparing Strategies for Women with Gynecologic Cancer

  Guest Editors: Giuseppe Gullo, Gaspare Cucinella, Valentina Billone, Alessandra Andrisani
  Keywords: fertility sparing; gynaecological cancer; cancer survivors; fertility preservation; vitrification; medico-legal implication; psycological variables in women cancer; minimally invasive gynaecological surgery; endometriosis
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2024

• Updates in Obstetrics and Gynecology

  Guest Editors: Antonio Simone Laganà, Simone Garzon
  Keywords: Gynecological malignancies; Fertility; Fetal abnormalities; Obstetric care
  (10 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2025