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== Editorial activities==
== Editorial activities==
Blagosklonny is [[editor-in-chief]] of [[Aging (journal)|''Aging'']],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.impactaging.com/editors.html |work=Aging |title=Editorial Board |accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref> [[Cell Cycle (journal)|''Cell Cycle'']],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=kccy20 |work=Cell Cycle |title=Editorial Board |accessdate=2016-11-20 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref> and ''[[Oncotarget]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=pages&op=view&path%5B%5D=board |work=Oncotarget |title=Editorial Board |accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref> In addition, he is associate editor of ''[[Cancer Biology & Therapy]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=kcbt20 |work=Cancer Biology & Therapy |title=Editorial board |publisher=Taylor & Francis|accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref> and a member of the [[editorial board]] of ''[[Cell Death & Differentiation]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.com/cdd/about.html |work=[[Cell Death & Differentiation]] |title=About the journal |accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref>
Blagosklonny is [[editor-in-chief]] of [[Aging (journal)|''Aging'']],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.impactaging.com/editors.html |work=Aging |title=Editorial Board |accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref> [[Cell Cycle (journal)|''Cell Cycle'']],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=kccy20 |work=Cell Cycle |title=Editorial Board |accessdate=2016-11-20 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref> and ''[[Oncotarget]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=pages&op=view&path%5B%5D=board |work=Oncotarget |title=Editorial Board |accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref> In addition, he is associate editor of ''[[Cancer Biology & Therapy]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=kcbt20 |work=Cancer Biology & Therapy |title=Editorial board |publisher=Taylor & Francis|accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref> and a member of the [[editorial board]] of ''[[Cell Death & Differentiation]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.com/cdd/about.html |work=[[Cell Death & Differentiation]] |title=About the journal |accessdate=2016-11-20}}</ref>

The reviewing process employed by ''Oncotarget'' has been criticized by [[Jeffrey Beall]],<ref name=Beall>{{cite web|last1=Beall |first1=Jeffrey |authorlink1=Jeffrey Beall |title=Oncotarget's Peer Review is Highly Questionable |url=https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/04/19/oncotargets-peer-review-is-highly-questionable/ |website=Scholarly Open Access |publisher=WordPress.com |accessdate=2016-11-20 |date=19 April 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420235706/https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/04/19/oncotargets-peer-review-is-highly-questionable/ |archivedate=20 April 2016 |df= }}</ref> who also included ''Oncotarget'' and ''Aging'' on his list of [[Predatory open access publishing|"potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals"]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beall |first1=Jeffrey |authorlink1=Jeffrey Beall |title=LIST OF STANDALONE JOURNALS: Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals |url=https://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/ |website=Scholarly Open Access |publisher=WordPress.com |accessdate=19 April 2016 |date=2016-11-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202192038/https://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/ |archivedate=2 December 2016 |df= }}</ref> in July 2015.<ref name=Beall/> Further reports on Beall's blog suggest that the substandard peer review processes for these journals are used by their respective editors-in-chief to entice prospective authors to include references to Blagosklonny's own publications in their articles (following the peer review), thereby raising his personal impact factor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/12/06/mikhail-blagosklonnys-journal-aging-a-review/ |title=Mikhail Blagosklonny's Journal Aging: A Review |website=Scholarly Open Access |date=6 December 2016 |accessdate=17 January 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224004259/https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/12/06/mikhail-blagosklonnys-journal-aging-a-review/ |archivedate=24 December 2016 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==

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Mikhail Blagosklonny
Alma materFirst Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg
Scientific career
FieldsAnti-aging medicine, oncology
InstitutionsRoswell Park Cancer Institute

Mikhail Blagosklonny is a scientist who studies cancer and aging. He was formerly a professor of oncology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York.[1]

Career

Blagosklonny earned both his M.D. in internal medicine and his PhD in experimental medicine and cardiology from the First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg.[1] He was appointed associate professor of medicine at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY in 2002 before taking a position as a senior scientist at Ordway Research Institute (Albany, New York). Blagosklonny held this position until 2009 when he was appointed professor of oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.[1]

Blogosklonny's research interests include cancer and targeted cancer therapies that protect normal cells from damage, as well as the underlying mechanisms of aging (biogerontology) and anti-aging drugs.[1]

Rapamycin and aging

Blagosklonny has formulated a hypothesis about the possible role of TOR signaling in aging and cancer and proposed using rapamycin, a popular cancer drug as a possible treatment for life extension.[2] He is considered one of the most passionate advocates for rapamycin in longevity research.[3]

Editorial activities

Blagosklonny is editor-in-chief of Aging,[4] Cell Cycle,[5] and Oncotarget.[6] In addition, he is associate editor of Cancer Biology & Therapy[7] and a member of the editorial board of Cell Death & Differentiation.[8]

Selected publications

Blagosklonny has published over 270 papers in peer-reviewed journals with over 25,000 citations, giving him an h-index of 83.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Roswell Park Cancer Center Mikhail Blagosklonny profile Page accessed November 30, 2016
  2. ^ "A New Path to Longevity". Scientific American. 306: 32–39. 2011. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0112-32. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  3. ^ "Does a Real Anti-Aging Pill Already Exist? Inside Novartis's push to produce the first legitimate anti-aging drug, Business Week, 2015". Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Editorial Board". Aging. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  5. ^ "Editorial Board". Cell Cycle. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  6. ^ "Editorial Board". Oncotarget. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  7. ^ "Editorial board". Cancer Biology & Therapy. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  8. ^ "About the journal". Cell Death & Differentiation. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  9. ^ "Mikhail Blagosklonny". Google Scholar. Google. Retrieved 2016-11-20.