Journal History

2013	The inaugural issue was released. Diseases was published as a quarterly journal.
2015	Diseases established the following sections: -Rare Syndrome; -Oncology; -Cardiology.
2016	Diseases announced the first edition of the Travel Award.
2017	Diseases was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2018	Editor-in-Chif Prof. Dr. Maurizio Battino visited Diseases Office on 17 August.
2020	Diseases established the following section: -Comorbidity.
2021	Diseases was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 7 (Issue 1).
2022	Diseases was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 8 (Issue 1). Diseases published its 500th paper.
2023	Diseases received its first Impact Factor (3.7).
2024	Diseases adopted a monthly publication schedule. Comorbidity was discontinued. Immunology was discontinued.

Editor-in-Chief

2013–2014	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Frank Lee Schwartz
2015–2026	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maurizio Battino
2025–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Omar Cauli

2015–2026	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pedro Bullon for the section on Rare Syndrome
2015–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Giuseppe Carruba for the section on Oncology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chim C. Lang for the section on Cardiology
2016–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Carlo Catassi for the section on Gastroenterology
2018–2021	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles H. Calisher for the section on Infectious Disease
2018–2025	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Omar Cauli for the section on Neuro-psychiatric Disorders
2018–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gaetano Caramori for the section on Respiratory Diseases
2025–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Emilio Jirillo for the section on Clinical Nutrition