Carving Out the Future of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal.

Abstract

Change often brings opportunity. For generations, publishing has been synonymous with the printed page. Today, the landscape is changing rapidly, with a definitive move toward all things paperless coupled with digital initiatives and enhancements, social media as a marketing mainstay, and open access being driven by European legislature and funding. These innovations will catapult our journal into its next and more robust iteration. I’m proud to have joined the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) family as the journal’s Executive Editor and for the opportunity to participate in what lies ahead for the Aesthetic Surgery Journal ( ASJ ). I’ll be working closely with Foad Nahai (Editor-in-Chief), Hunter Alexander (Assistant Managing Editor), the ASJ Editorial Board, and ASAPS leadership and staff to grow the journal in tangible and evolutionary ways. I imagine increasingly higher Impact Factor scores, mass Twitter followers, and engaging the community with the research published in ASJ . I hope you’ll share my enthusiasm to evaluate, dissect, improve, and polish The “Gold Journal,” which is already a recognized brand name worldwide. We have strong …