A message from the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board, 2023: journal metrics and statistics, and appreciation to reviewers

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Anesth Pain Med. 2024;19(1):1-4
Publication date (electronic) : 2024 January 31
doi : https://doi.org/10.17085/apm.24008
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea
2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Corresponding author Hyun Kang, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea Tel: 82-2-6299-2586 Fax: 82-2-6299-2585 E-mail: roman00@naver.com
Received 2024 January 8; Accepted 2024 January 9.

In 2023, your journal Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (APM) was newly indexed in SCOPUS and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). In the realm of anesthesiology, which encompasses perioperative management, critical care, and pain, APM has achieved significant progress, achieved acclaim, and strengthened its standing as a global journal.

We are privileged to hold the positions of Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board members for APM. The editorial team has been, and remains, dedicated to ensuring the success of this exceptional publication.

Our main goals for APM in the coming years are to a) raise its profile in the clinical and research communities and advance its position as the top journal in this area; b) keep searching for and publishing excellent reviews and original articles that offer the most up-to-date clinical and research information; c) maintain the quality, standard, and transparency of our editorial and review process while fast-tracking our response time to submissions; and d) strengthen regional and global networks to better meet the needs of our society and scientific community.

To achieve these objectives, the APM editorial team will proactively pursue the latest and most captivating research papers and establish communication channels with subsocieties of the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, members of the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, and other academics worldwide specializing in this domain.

JOURNAL METRICS AND STATISTICS

The APM was first indexed in the Korean Citation Index in 2015 and PubMed Central in December 2020. In 2023, the APMwas newly indexed in SCOPUS and DOAJ and applied to Embase coverage. The annual volume of articles submitted is approximately 100-150, and since 2020, the proportion of overseas submissions has escalated significantly. Currently, more than 60% of articles were from foreign countries. Detailed descriptions of the authors’ countries in 2021, 2022, and 2003 are presented in Fig. 1. The number of countries submitting articles to the APM increased to 11 to 19, since 2021.

Fig. 1.

Number of articles submitted to Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine in 2021, 2022, and 2023 according to the author's country.

The APM articles published in 2021 and 2022 were cited 118 times by Web of Science articles published in 2023 (available from https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/summary/54e815fe-e443-4a66-9248-19f49e7df921-bd5ad2b1/relevance/1 Last accessed: 2024 January 11th). The total number of original articles and reviews published in 2021 and 2022 were 32 and 40, respectively. The manually calculated impact factor for 2023 in the Web of Science was 1.639 (118/[32+40]). The three most cited articles since 2021 are “Trial sequential analysis: novel approach for meta-analysis” by Kang [1] (cited by 54), “Remimazolam: pharmacological characteristics and clinical applications in anesthesiology” by Kim [2] (cited by 45), and “Comparison of postoperative pulmonary complications between sugammadex and neostigmine in lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: a prospective double-blinded randomized trial” by Lee et al. [3] (cited by 17).

The CiteScore Tracker 2023 (last updated on January 5th, 2024, available from: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101166816 Last accessed: 2024 January 11th) calculated by Scopus was 2.2 (509 citations to date/234 documents 2018 to date). The APM has been developed to publish 14 highly qualified reviews, 27 original articles, and 19 other items, including case reports, letters to the editor, and corrigenda in 2023.

APPRECIATION TO REVIEWERS

The APM editorial team expresses its sincere appreciation to the reviewers who generously dedicated their time to assessing manuscripts. Their contributions were vital for maintaining the integrity of the journal.

The names of the 172 reviewers in 2023 are listed below. The list is in alphabetical order of family names in Korean.

Woon Seok Kang

Hyoseok Kang

Hoon Kang

Jae Chul Koh

Yu gyeong Kong

Mi-Young Kwon

Woojin Kwon

Won-Kyoung Kwon

Kyung Woo Kim

Namo Kim

Dal-ah Kim

Duk Kyung Kim

Deokkyu Kim

Doyeon Kim

Doo Sik Kim

Min Kyoung Kim

Min-soo Kim

Sang Tae Kim

Sang Hun Kim

Seong-Hyop Kim

So Yeon Kim

Seung Hyun Kim

Shin Hyung Kim

Yeon-Dong Kim

Young Sung Kim

Youngsoon Kim

Young Uk Kim

Yong-Suk Kim

Wook Jong Kim

Won-joong Kim

Eunsoo Kim

Eun-hee Kim

Jae hun Kim

Jeongmin Kim

joungmin Kim

Jung Eun Kim

Jong-Yeop Kim

Jonghae Kim

Jun Hyun Kim

Ji Young Kim

Jin-kyoung Kim

Jin-Tae Kim

Tae Kyong Kim

Ha-yeon Kim

Hae-Kyu Kim

Hyungtae Kim

Hye Jin Kim

Hyo-jin Kim

Hee Young Kim

Heezoo Kim

Sungwon Na

Hyo-seok Na

Sun Woo Nam

Wangseok Do

A Ram Doo

Choon-gun Ryu

Kyeong Tae Min

Se-hee Min

Sang Yoong Park

Sang-Jin Park

Soo Jung Park

Yong-hee Park

Jong Taek Park

Jun-young Park

Ji-Hyoung Park

Ji-hoon Park

Hue Jung Park

SeungUk Bang

Si Ra Bang

Jiyoun Bang

Hee-Jung Baik

Gyeong-Jo Byeon

Sung Hye Byun

Kwang Suk Seo

Young-joo Seo

Jeong Hwa Seo

Tae-Yun Sung

Ju-Tae Sohn

Hee-Jeong Son

Seokyoung Song

Young Song

In-Kyung Song

Jong Wook Song

Sang-Wook Shin

Seokyung Shin

Woo Jong Shin

Won-jung Shin

Hwa Yong Shin

Woo-Seok Sim

Eun-Jin Ahn

Chunwoo Yang

Seok Kyeong Oh

Eun Jung Oh

Chahyun Oh

Seong-Ho Ok

Jae Hee Woo

Yongjae Yoo

Jae-Hwa Yoo

Seung Zhoo Yoon

Ji Uk Yoon

Ka Young Rhee

Dong-Kyu Lee

Dongchul Lee

Myeong jong Lee

Sangseok Lee

Sang Hyun Lee

Sun Yeul Lee

Soo Kyung Lee

Soo-hee Lee

Seung Young Lee

Seung Cheol Lee

Ae Ryung Lee

Oh haeng Lee

Wonjin Lee

Yoon Kyung Lee

Jae Hoon Lee

Jeonghan Lee

Je Jin Lee

Jong-Hwan Lee

Jin Young Lee

Cheol Lee

Chung-hun Lee

Hae Jin Lee

Hyeon Jeong Lee

Ho Jin Lee

Heeseung Lee

Junyong In

Se Hun Lim

Chaeseong Lim

Tae-wan Lim

Tae-Ha Lim

Hyun Kyoung Lim

Hyunyoung Lim

Yeon Jang

Chul-Ho Chang

Hae Wone Chang

Younghoon Jeon

Kyoung-Woon Joung

Kum-Hee Chung

Ki Tae Jung

Sung-moon Jeong

Seongtae Jeong

Soon Ho Cheong

WooSuk Chung

Woosuk Chung

Jae Yoon Chung

Jun-Young Chung

Ji Seon Jeong

Chan Jong Chung

Suk Ju Cho

Sung-Ae Cho

Sooyoung Cho

Ah-Reum Cho

Choon-kyu Cho

Han Bum Joe

Young Seok Jee

Yun Jeong Chae

Geun Joo Choi

Dae-kee Choi

Byung Moon Choi

Seong-Soo Choi

Yoon Ji Choi

Eun-Su Choi

Eun Joo Choi

Ji Won Choi

Hey-ran Choi

Sangbin Han

Jiwon Han

Sung Yeon Ham

Boohwi Hong

Byeongmun Hwang

Jung-Won Hwang

Notes

FUNDING

None.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Jun Hyun Kim has been the associate editor of the Anesthesia and Pain Medicine since 2023, and Hyun Kang has been an editor-in-chief of the Anesthesia and Pain Medicine since 2023. However, They were not involved in the peer reviewer selection, evaluation, or decision process of this article. No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Writing - original draft: Jun Hyun Kim, Hyun Kang. Writing - review & editing: Jun Hyun Kim, Hyun Kang. Conceptualization: Jun Hyun Kim, Hyun Kang. Data curation: Jun Hyun Kim, Hyun Kang. Supervision: Hyun Kang.

References

1. Kang H. Trial sequential analysis: novel approach for meta-analysis. Anesth Pain Med (Seoul) 2021;16:138–50.
2. Kim KM. Remimazolam: pharmacological characteristics and clinical applications in anesthesiology. Anesth Pain Med (Seoul) 2022;17:1–11.
3. Lee TY, Jeong SY, Jeong JH, Kim JH, Choi SR. Comparison of postoperative pulmonary complications between sugammadex and neostigmine in lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: a prospective double-blinded randomized trial. Anesth Pain Med (Seoul) 2021;16:60–7.

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Fig. 1.

Number of articles submitted to Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine in 2021, 2022, and 2023 according to the author's country.