Welcome to Blood Red Cells & Iron (Blood RCI), a dynamic new addition to the American Society of Hematology (ASH) journal portfolio. Blood RCI is a global, open-access journal devoted to publishing outstanding original research in the rapidly evolving fields of red cells and iron metabolism, spanning basic, translational, and clinical science. With the unprecedented growth in high-quality research in hematology, ASH’s general hematology journals, Blood and Blood Advances, cannot accommodate all excellent submissions in this area. Blood RCI fills this critical gap, offering a prestigious new platform under the trusted Blood brand for publishing cutting-edge science in red cell and iron biology, ensuring rapid visibility and accessibility for authors.

Blood RCI embraces a broad and inclusive scope. We welcome submissions covering all aspects of erythrocyte and iron biology, including but not limited to the following:

  • Normal and disordered erythropoiesis

  • Cell, molecular, and developmental biology

  • Omics approaches and comparative biology

  • Iron and heme biology and regulation

  • Congenital and acquired red cell disorders (eg, sickle cell disease, thalassemias, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, myelodysplastic syndrome, and aplastic anemia)

  • Congenital and acquired iron and heme disorders (eg, iron deficiency, iron overload, and porphyrias)

  • Disease discovery, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, outcomes, and prevention

  • Transfusion medicine

  • Immunity, inflammation, aging, and infection, including malaria

  • Clinical trials

  • Health services research, epidemiology and population health, and quality improvement

  • Ethics and education

Let us introduce the editors. Blood RCI is led by Editor-in-Chief Patrick G. Gallagher, professor of pediatrics and physiology and cell biology at The Ohio State University and director of the Center for Perinatal Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. He brings decades of expertise across basic, translational, and clinical aspects of erythropoiesis and its disorders. Deputy Editor Laura Silvestri of San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute University, Milan, Italy, is internationally recognized for her research on the mechanisms regulating iron metabolism under both physiological and pathological conditions and the functional cross-talk between iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis. We are supported by a world-class editorial board with deep expertise across all areas of red blood cell and iron research.

Together with the expert team at ASH and our outstanding editorial board, we are committed to publishing the most innovative, relevant, and reliable work in the field. We invite you to be part of this exciting journey by contributing your best science, sharing new ideas, suggesting new features, and helping to shape the future of red cell and iron biology. Some suggestions for features that we are already considering include “Journal Club,” “Highlights from the Literature,” and “History Corner.”

When you publish in Blood RCI, you choose excellence, visibility, and a journal that both readers and researchers trust. Welcome! We invite you to join us.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The authors declare no competing financial interests.

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