Calcified Tissue International is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 medical journal

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 published by Springer Science+Business Media

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 and first launched in 1967. From 1967 to 1978, the journal was published under the name Calcified Tissue Research. It is an official journal of the International Osteoporosis Foundation

International Osteoporosis Foundation

The International Osteoporosis Foundation , headquartered in Nyon, Switzerland, is a non-governmental organization founded in 1998. It was formed from the merger of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis, founded in 1987, and the International Federation of Societies on Skeletal Diseases...

. The journal is published monthly and includes original research on the structure and function of bone and other mineralized systems in living organisms, as well as reviews and special reports.

The co-editors are Roberto Civitelli and Stuart H. Ralston. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2010 impact factor

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of 2.759.