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I assumed the position of Editor with the October issue very appreciative of the current status of the Journal. The impact factor is at an all-time high and we have an excellent cadre of Associate Editors, Editorial Board members and reviewers. Over the next few years, we hope to further increase the impact of the Journal for our specialty and improve the efficiency of the review process. Most important, we aim to enhance the communication with our readers by providing content they want in formats they prefer.
The newly developed mission of the Journal is “Advancing Excellence and Impact on the Specialty.” To facilitate this mission we have identified several factors which contribute to the number of citations, hits, and downloads for any given article. These three metrics are the most important indicators of high quality papers for our specialty. Therefore, in pursuit of increasing the excellence and impact of our content, the Associate Editors and reviewers will provide the highest priority to prospective multi-centered reports with long term follow-up which garner the most usage and recognition from our peers interested in cardiothoracic diseases. In addition, we have recruited a group of specialized reviewers to work in concert with the Statistical Editor to ensure that all accepted papers have conclusions supported by convincing statistics.
With increased efficiency, the time to our first response to authors has been reduced and moving forward we hope to minimize that time to 14 days from the time of manuscript submission. We have nearly eliminated the backlog and papers will soon be published less than 3 months after acceptance.
To facilitate usage and enhance Journal content, we will be providing our readers the reasons for selecting each paper and what impact we anticipate the information will have on the field. Authors will be asked to explain the significance of their observations in a section entitled “Authors Perspective.” Each paper will also have a central picture which will identify the chief contribution of the publication. In addition, we will publish an Editorial Commentary with almost every paper that will describe the importance and relevance to our specialty. The AATS is currently working on several Guidelines and we will publish additional Expert Opinions and Expert Reviews.
In the future, we hope to improve communication with our readers, and welcome ideas on how to best to enrich the delivery of our content. We are excited to soon be able to offer improved platforms to deliver our material in print, on computers, tablets, and smartphones. You may have already noticed some of these initiatives and we will continue to roll out additional modifications over time. Our efforts to enhance the Journal and our communications with our readers are our top priority.
If you have any questions or comments for the Journal as part of our communication effort, email us at JTCVS@aats.org. My hope is that the changes we are instituting will improve the experience and increase value of our Journal.
Sincerely,
Richard D. Weisel, MD
Editor, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
I assumed the position of Editor with the October issue very appreciative of the current status of the Journal. The impact factor is at an all-time high and we have an excellent cadre of Associate Editors, Editorial Board members and reviewers. Over the next few years, we hope to further increase the impact of the Journal for our specialty and improve the efficiency of the review process. Most important, we aim to enhance the communication with our readers by providing content they want in formats they prefer.
The newly developed mission of the Journal is “Advancing Excellence and Impact on the Specialty.” To facilitate this mission we have identified several factors which contribute to the number of citations, hits, and downloads for any given article. These three metrics are the most important indicators of high quality papers for our specialty. Therefore, in pursuit of increasing the excellence and impact of our content, the Associate Editors and reviewers will provide the highest priority to prospective multi-centered reports with long term follow-up which garner the most usage and recognition from our peers interested in cardiothoracic diseases. In addition, we have recruited a group of specialized reviewers to work in concert with the Statistical Editor to ensure that all accepted papers have conclusions supported by convincing statistics.
With increased efficiency, the time to our first response to authors has been reduced and moving forward we hope to minimize that time to 14 days from the time of manuscript submission. We have nearly eliminated the backlog and papers will soon be published less than 3 months after acceptance.
To facilitate usage and enhance Journal content, we will be providing our readers the reasons for selecting each paper and what impact we anticipate the information will have on the field. Authors will be asked to explain the significance of their observations in a section entitled “Authors Perspective.” Each paper will also have a central picture which will identify the chief contribution of the publication. In addition, we will publish an Editorial Commentary with almost every paper that will describe the importance and relevance to our specialty. The AATS is currently working on several Guidelines and we will publish additional Expert Opinions and Expert Reviews.
In the future, we hope to improve communication with our readers, and welcome ideas on how to best to enrich the delivery of our content. We are excited to soon be able to offer improved platforms to deliver our material in print, on computers, tablets, and smartphones. You may have already noticed some of these initiatives and we will continue to roll out additional modifications over time. Our efforts to enhance the Journal and our communications with our readers are our top priority.
If you have any questions or comments for the Journal as part of our communication effort, email us at JTCVS@aats.org. My hope is that the changes we are instituting will improve the experience and increase value of our Journal.
Sincerely,
Richard D. Weisel, MD
Editor, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
I assumed the position of Editor with the October issue very appreciative of the current status of the Journal. The impact factor is at an all-time high and we have an excellent cadre of Associate Editors, Editorial Board members and reviewers. Over the next few years, we hope to further increase the impact of the Journal for our specialty and improve the efficiency of the review process. Most important, we aim to enhance the communication with our readers by providing content they want in formats they prefer.
The newly developed mission of the Journal is “Advancing Excellence and Impact on the Specialty.” To facilitate this mission we have identified several factors which contribute to the number of citations, hits, and downloads for any given article. These three metrics are the most important indicators of high quality papers for our specialty. Therefore, in pursuit of increasing the excellence and impact of our content, the Associate Editors and reviewers will provide the highest priority to prospective multi-centered reports with long term follow-up which garner the most usage and recognition from our peers interested in cardiothoracic diseases. In addition, we have recruited a group of specialized reviewers to work in concert with the Statistical Editor to ensure that all accepted papers have conclusions supported by convincing statistics.
With increased efficiency, the time to our first response to authors has been reduced and moving forward we hope to minimize that time to 14 days from the time of manuscript submission. We have nearly eliminated the backlog and papers will soon be published less than 3 months after acceptance.
To facilitate usage and enhance Journal content, we will be providing our readers the reasons for selecting each paper and what impact we anticipate the information will have on the field. Authors will be asked to explain the significance of their observations in a section entitled “Authors Perspective.” Each paper will also have a central picture which will identify the chief contribution of the publication. In addition, we will publish an Editorial Commentary with almost every paper that will describe the importance and relevance to our specialty. The AATS is currently working on several Guidelines and we will publish additional Expert Opinions and Expert Reviews.
In the future, we hope to improve communication with our readers, and welcome ideas on how to best to enrich the delivery of our content. We are excited to soon be able to offer improved platforms to deliver our material in print, on computers, tablets, and smartphones. You may have already noticed some of these initiatives and we will continue to roll out additional modifications over time. Our efforts to enhance the Journal and our communications with our readers are our top priority.
If you have any questions or comments for the Journal as part of our communication effort, email us at JTCVS@aats.org. My hope is that the changes we are instituting will improve the experience and increase value of our Journal.
Sincerely,
Richard D. Weisel, MD
Editor, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
