Cover legend: Russel J. Reiter; a member of The Editorial Academy of The International Journal of Oncology

Russel J. Reiter is a Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy at the 

University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA. 

In addition to his PhD degree earned at Wake Forest University, Dr Reiter has received four honorary

 MD degrees and one honorary DSc degree from international universities. 

His research relates to the multiple receptor-independent and receptor-dependent actions of melatonin 

in humans, animals and plants. He has trained 25 PhD students and 144 postdoctoral fellows.

 Dr Reiter has received many awards for his research including the A. Ross McIntyre Gold Metal (USA), 

US Senior Scientist Award (Germany), Lizoni Lincee Award (Italy), Inaugural Aaron B. Lerner Pioneer 

Award (USA), Chulabhorn Royal Academy Medal (Thailand), etc. 

He has published numerous research papers, reviews and chapters and he has written or edited 

25 books. Based on Google Scholar and as of March, 2023, his articles have been cited in the scientific 

literature more than 188,000 times and his h-index is 209. Thomson Reuters/ Clarivate Analytics has

 identified Dr Reiter as a Highly Cited Scientist (top 1%) and listed him as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds in 2014. 

Dr Reiter has been an invited speaker at more than 320 international meetings and symposia.  

He is the co-founder and Co-Editor of Melatonin Research and he is the founder and past Editor of the Journal of Pineal Research