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Matt Sydes, Senior Editor

Matt is a Professor of Clinical Trials and Methodology at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL and responsible for leading the unit's trial conduct methodology activities, as well as teams conducting research in prostate cancer and osteosarcoma. Matt chaired the Scientific Committee for the International Clinical Trials and Methodology Conference (ICTMC) 2019, and serves on the executive committee for the MRC Network of Hubs for Trial Methodology Research and its successor Partnership for Trials Methodology Research. He is currently a member of Cancer Research UK’s Clinical Research Monitoring Panel, having previously served on their main clinical trials funding body. He spent 7 years serving on a national Research Ethics Committee.



Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.0
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.1
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.733
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.812

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 28
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 129

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