OBM Transplantation

(ISSN 2577-5820)

OBM Transplantation (ISSN 2577-5820) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc., which covers all evidence-based scientific studies related to transplantation, including: transplantation procedures and the maintenance of transplanted tissues or organs; assimilation of grafted tissue and the reconstitution of removed organs or parts of organs; transplantation of heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreatic islets and bone marrow, etc. Areas related to clinical and experimental transplantation are also of interest.

OBM Transplantation is committed to rapid review and publication, and we aim at serving the international transplant community with high accessibility as well as relevant and high quality content.

The journal publishes all types of articles in English. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. We encourage authors to be concise but present their results in as much detail as necessary, as reviewers are expected to emphasize scientific rigor and reproducibility.

 
 
Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2025): Submission to First Decision: 11.3 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 19.0 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 8.1 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)

Special Issue

The Current Role and Future Applications of Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation

Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editor

Irene Scalera, MD

Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Hospital Policlinic of Bari, Bari, Italy

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Research Interests: Hepatobiliary surgery; Transplant surgery; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Liver metastasis

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (transplantation@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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Publication

Open Access Review

Advances in Machine Perfusion for Liver Transplantation: Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Future Directions

Received: 23 April 2026;  Published: 17 August 2026;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2603273

Abstract

Liver transplantation is the definitive treatment for end-stage liver disease, acute liver failure, and selected hepatic malignancies, but its success is limited by a persistent shortage of suitable donor organs. This has driven increased use of extended criteria donors (ECDs), including steatotic and donation after circulatory death (DCD [...]
Open Access Review

Current and Future Applications of Machine Perfusion and Other Dynamic Preservation Strategies in Liver Transplantation

Received: 12 May 2024;  Published: 30 August 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2403224

Abstract

Machine perfusion (MP) techniques, which simulate physiological conditions to allow for the assessment and preservation of organ viability, are currently applied in various solid organ transplantation fields. Owing to the growing demand for liver transplants and the scarcity of available donor livers, MP [...]
Journal Metrics
2025
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0.50.1600.127
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