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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

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
    2.5 - 5-year Impact Factor
    0.827 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.814 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    33 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    129 days submission to accept (Median)

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