AOB Annual Report 2020

Greetings from Dr. Yongshui Fu and the Editorial Office of Annals of Blood (AOB).

We are pleased to share with you the 2020 Annual Report of AOB. In 2020, with the joint effort and support of all contributors, AOB made great progress with publication of 40 articles, 9 upcoming special series, and increased website pageviews and visitors. For more details, please see the following report.

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Blood Group Genotyping (Ongoing)

This series on “Blood Group Genotyping” is edited by Dr. Frederik Banch Clausen from Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.

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Thrombocytopenia Due to Immunization Against CD36 (Ongoing)

This series on “Thrombocytopenia Due to Immunization Against CD36” is edited by Dr. Brian R. Curtis from Versiti, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

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Blood Transfusion Practice in ECMO Patients (Ongoing)

This series on “Blood Transfusion Practice in ECMO Patients” is edited by Dr. Gennaro Martucci from IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Italy.

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Bacterial Contamination of Platelet Concentrates (Ongoing)

This series on “Bacterial Contamination of Platelet Concentrates” is edited by Dr. Sandra Ramirez-Arcos from Canadian Blood Services and University of Ottawa, Canada.

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Molecular Genetics and Genomics of Blood Group Systems (Ongoing)

This series on “Molecular Genetics and Genomics of Blood Group Systems” is edited by Dr. Yann Fichou from Etablissement français du sang (EFS) – Bretagne, Brest, France. This special series aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge in the molecular genetics of a subset of clinically relevant blood group systems, to present the recent major discoveries in the field, and to discuss the challenges of molecular diagnostics, as well as the genetic polymorphism at the population-scale level.

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Treatment of Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) (Ongoing)

This Series on “Treatment of Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)” is edited by Prof. John W. Semple and Dr. Rick Kapur from Lund University, Lund, Sweden and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Sickle Cell Disease (Ongoing)

This Series on “Sickle Cell Disease” is edited by Dr. Carla Luana Dinardo from Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo and Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. The series will be dedicated to the presentation of different aspects of this complex disease, focusing on the physiopathology, target-organ complications and transfusion support, especially referring to RH variants.

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Reviewer of the Month

Over the year, many AOB reviewers have made outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work. We would like to highlight a few of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer.

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