Challenges and opportunities of electronic publishing

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“For every challenge encountered, there is opportunity for growth."—Unknown By the end of 2018, we will celebrate 35 years of excellence since the beginning of the Journal of Vascular Surgery publications. During the past four decades, our Journal has continuously expanded in both content and format, as our specialty has embraced the endovascular revolution to improve treatment of both arterial and venous disease. To respond to the needs of our readers and authors, we have transformed access to and distribution of the journals, and today the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) is part of a suite of publications that includes the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL), and the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Cases and Innovative Techniques (JVS-CIT). JVS journals have become the premier international journals devoted to vascular diseases. To fill an additional need of our specialty, we are in the process of launching a fourth journal, JVS-Vascular Science, since basic and translational research in vascular disease needs a focused outlet. We receive submissions from over 50 countries, with 55% of the submitted manuscripts coming from outside the United States, with China, Japan, Italy, and The Netherlands leading the list. To the authors, reviewers, and readers from North America and around the world, all of whom contribute to the success of the Journal of Vascular Surgery Publications, we express our most sincere gratitude. The world of scholarly medical publishing has been rapidly evolving and the Internet revolution has challenged our journals, through new social media and the ever-decreasing demand for print journals. Testimony to these trends is the growing number of subscribers to JVS Journals, in spite of the decreasing demand for print journals in university libraries worldwide. The Journal of Vascular Surgery publications have kept abreast of these major changes through innovations in digital technology and electronic publications. While we maintain a print circulation of over 4400, JVS articles are also present online at our branded site, www.jvascsurg.org, on Clinical Key, Science Direct, and a combined Journal Branded app from the Google Play and Apple stores. Social media continues to dominate electronic communications; according to a recent survey,1Smith A. Anderson M. Social media use in 2018. Pew Research Center [Internet].http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/03/01/social-media-use-in-2018/Date accessed: October 9, 2018Google Scholar in 2018, 73% of U.S. adults used YouTube and 68% used Facebook, with about three-quarters of these on a daily basis, and 25% use LinkedIn and 24% use Twitter. In response to the social media impact, JVS Publications has developed an increasing presence on all these platforms, disseminating JVS-related news, article highlights, and easy access to full-article downloads. Each issue of JVS is accompanied by the Editor's video summary of selected articles that are available on YouTube. Thanks to efforts by our Social Media Editor, Paul DiMuzio, Creative Editor Daniel Han, and Senior Managing Editor Jessica McEwan, we have grown our presence on Facebook and Twitter.2Journal of Vascular Surgery [TheJVascSurg]Timeline [Facebook Page].https://www.facebook.com/TheJVascSurgDate accessed: October 9, 2018Google Scholar, 3Journal of Vascular Surgery [JVascSurg]Tweets [Twitter Account].https://twitter.com/jvascsurg?lang=enDate accessed: October 9, 2018Google Scholar We now also have over 13,000 followers on LinkedIn4Journal of Vascular SurgeryLinkedIn Page [LinkedIn Account].https://www.linkedin.com/in/journal-of-vascular-surgery-221211132/Date accessed: October 9, 2018Google Scholar and in 2018, we launched Visual Abstracts, easily accessed infographics to deliver key messages of scientific research that can promptly be distributed on social media.5Gloviczki P. Lawrence P.F. Visual abstracts bring key message of scientific research.J Vasc Surg. 2018; 67: 1319-1320Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar Scientific journals are ranked by numerous metrics and Impact Factor (IF) is the most frequently used traditional measure. The JVS ranks high among surgical and cardiovascular journals with an IF of 3.294 thanks to frequently cited, excellent manuscripts of expert authors (Table).6Hingorani A. LaMuraglia G.M. Henke P. Meissner M.H. Loretz L. Zinszer K.M. et al.The management of diabetic foot: a clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 3S-21SAbstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (278) Google Scholar, 7Eagleton M.J. Follansbee M.R. Wolski K. Mastracci T. Kuramochi Y. Fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair outcomes for type II and III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 930-942Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (194) Google Scholar, 8Donas K.P. Torsello G.B. Piccoli G. Pitoulias G.A. Torsello G.F. Bisdas T. et al.The PROTAGORAS study to evaluate the performance of the Endurant stent graft for patients with pararenal pathologic processes treated by the chimney/snorkel endovascular technique.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 1-7Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (115) Google Scholar, 9Smeds M.R. Duncan A.A. Harlander-Locke M.P. Lawrence P.F. Lyden S. Fatima J. et al.Treatment and outcomes of aortic endograft infection.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 332-340Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (139) Google Scholar, 10Carpenter J.P. Cuff R. Buckley C. Healey C. Hussain S. Reijnen M.M. et al.Results of the Nellix system investigational device exemption pivotal trial for endovascular aneurysm sealing.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 3: 23-31Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (51) Google ScholarTableTop 5 cited papers published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) in 2016-2017Document titleAuthorsVolumeIssueNo. of citationsThe management of diabetic foot: A clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine6Hingorani A. LaMuraglia G.M. Henke P. Meissner M.H. Loretz L. Zinszer K.M. et al.The management of diabetic foot: a clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 3S-21SAbstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (278) Google ScholarHingorani A, Lamuraglia GM, Henke P, Meissner MH, Loretz L, Zinszer KM, Driver VR, Frykberg R, Carman TL, Marston W, Mills JL, Murad MH63253Fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair outcomes for type II and III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms7Eagleton M.J. Follansbee M.R. Wolski K. Mastracci T. Kuramochi Y. Fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair outcomes for type II and III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 930-942Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (194) Google ScholarEagleton MJ, Follansbee M, Wolski K, Mastracci T, Kuramochi Y63452The PROTAGORAS study to evaluate the performance of the Endurant stent graft for patients with pararenal pathologic processes treated by the chimney/snorkel endovascular technique8Donas K.P. Torsello G.B. Piccoli G. Pitoulias G.A. Torsello G.F. Bisdas T. et al.The PROTAGORAS study to evaluate the performance of the Endurant stent graft for patients with pararenal pathologic processes treated by the chimney/snorkel endovascular technique.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 1-7Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (115) Google ScholarDonas KP, Torsello GB, Piccoli G, Pitoulias GA, Torsello GF, Bisdas T, Austermann M, Gasparini D63140Treatment and outcomes of aortic endograft infection9Smeds M.R. Duncan A.A. Harlander-Locke M.P. Lawrence P.F. Lyden S. Fatima J. et al.Treatment and outcomes of aortic endograft infection.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 63: 332-340Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (139) Google ScholarSmeds MR, Duncan AA, Harlander-Locke MP, Lawrence PF, Lyden S, Fatima J, Eskandari MK, Steenberge SP, Tomita TM, Morasch M, Jim J, Lyons LC, Charlton-Ouw K, Mushtaq H, Leake SS, Motaganahalli R, Nelson P, Parkerson G, Shalhub S, Bove P, Modrall G, Davila V, Money S, Hedayati N, Abou-Zamzam A, Abularrage C, Wittgen C63237Results of the Nellix system investigational device exemption pivotal trial for endovascular aneurysm sealing10Carpenter J.P. Cuff R. Buckley C. Healey C. Hussain S. Reijnen M.M. et al.Results of the Nellix system investigational device exemption pivotal trial for endovascular aneurysm sealing.J Vasc Surg. 2016; 3: 23-31Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (51) Google ScholarCarpenter JP, Cuff R, Buckley C, Healey C, Hussain S, Reijnen MMPJ, Trani J, Bockler D, Hayes P, Muluk S, Vasquez J, Hadro N, Lalka S, Ierardi R, Clair D, Lee CJ, Hashemi H, Bernado N, Benenati J, Tyndall S, Silver M, Murray S, Harlin S, Lane J, Kansal N, Krajcer Z, Bruen K, Leon L, Makaroun M, Indes J63133 Open table in a new tab While traditional metrics of journal quality, such as IF, still dominate, new “altmetrics,” such as PlumX, which includes downloads, views, citations, tweets, and retweets, have been increasingly used to measure scholarly communications. The growth in dissemination of JVS content through these digital publications in recent years has been remarkable: in 2017, full-text downloads of JVS articles at the three major websites totaled 3,210,104 and in 2018, the number of online monthly visits to jvascsurg.org exceeded 55,000. At the end of another successful year, we are pleased to report that the state of the Journal of Vascular Surgery publications remains strong. We are thankful to our readers, authors, reviewers, editors, staff, and publisher for their many contributions. We are also blessed by having the support of our sponsoring societies, led by the Society for Vascular Surgery. The JVS Publications would not be successful without each and every regional, national, and international society that submits their best work to the JVS Publications. We wish peace and joy to you and your family this holiday season and may all your dreams for the coming year be fulfilled! Have a happy New Year of 2019! Scholarly peer review plays a key role in scientific publishing. It validates research and upholds the quality and validity of each article and the journal that publishes them. During 2018, 439 reviewers helped the Editors of the JVS journals to make important decisions on the fate of more than 1400 manuscripts. We appreciate the expert contribution of our peer reviewers who unselfishly provide their talent, time, and effort to our journals. We would like to acknowledge our outstanding and hardworking Associate and Assistant Editors, who helped us in 2018 to raise the quality of articles published in JVS. Drs Thomas L. Forbes and Fred A. Weaver served as Clinical Studies Editors and made important decisions on hundreds of submitted manuscripts. We are grateful for the dedication and expert contributions of our new Associate Editor for Basic Science, Dr Alan Dardik. We also thank Dr Keith Calligaro for helping to transform the Abstracts section into Vascular Vantage Point: Review and Commentary of Key non-JVS Publications, complete with personal reflections of an expert, with an improved design and titled commentaries. We thank Dr Michael C. Dalsing, who excelled in 2018 as Assistant Editor of Reviews. Dr Paul J. DiMuzio, Editor for Social Media and Press Releases, with the help of newly elected assistant editor Dr Daniel Han, increased our online readership through active participation in LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter and with the introduction of new features and programs like press releases, JVS journal club. We also express our gratitude to our new Assistant Editor Dr Daniel Han for facilitating the launch of JVS Visual Abstracts. We appreciate the important contributions made by the Editorial Board in 2018. In addition to review and re-review of a large number of original articles, our editorial board members frequently contributed to JVS with commentaries and editorials. Members of the Editorial Board perform an average of 20 reviews each year and during 2018, this accounted for 27% of all the reviews performed. The Editors would like to recognize the significant contributions of the following Editorial Board members who, after many years of valuable service, will be retiring from the Board this month. Almost all of them served two full terms of 3 years on the Board. We also would like to welcome all new members of the Editorial Board of JVS and JVS-CIT, who will start their assignments in January of 2018. Christopher J. Abularrage Zachary M. Arthurs Adam W. Beck Stephen W. K. Cheng Jayer Chung Daniel G. Clair John A. Curci David L. Dawson Hasan Haldun Dosluoglu Luc Dubois Audra A. Duncan Hans-Henning Eckstein Eric David Endean Alik Farber Spencer Galt Hugh Gelabert Jerry Goldstone Philip P. Goodney Karl A. Illig William D. Jordan Jr Gregory J. Landry Michael P. Lilly Thomas F. Lindsay G. Matthew Longo Thomas G. Lynch M. Ashraf Mansour George H. Meier Joseph L. Mills J. Gregory Modrall A. Ross Naylor Peter R. Nelson Gustavo S. Oderich Robert B. Patterson William J. Quinones-Baldrich Timothy A. Resch Michael J. Rohrer Ulka Sachdev Andres Schanzer Marc L. Schermerhorn Joseph R. Schneider Lewis B. Schwartz Matthew R. Smeds Gale L. Tang Gilbert R. Upchurch Karen Woo Luke S. Erdoes Linda Harris Vikram S. Kashyap William A. Marston Joseph D. Raffetto Eva M. Rzucidlo R. James Valentine Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam Matthew J. Dougherty Matthew J. Eagleton Tara M. Mastracci Takao Ohki Lakshmikumar Pillai Ravi R. Rajani Russell H. Samson Claudie Mcarthur Sheahan Jeffrey J. Siracuse The Editors would like to recognize the Distinguished Reviewers of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, who have performed more than five reviews during 2018 and consistently performed the highest-rated and timely reviews. Distinguished Reviewers contributed 55% of all reviews. We thank their efforts to ensure a high-quality peer-review process. Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam Ali F. AbuRahma James B. Alexander Jose Ignacio Almeida Richard Amdur Joseph Patrick Archie Joshua David Arnold Robert G. Atnip Amir Azarbal Faisal Aziz Martin R. Back Jeffrey L. Ballard Donald Baril Neal R. Barshes Jonathan Bath Carlos Fares Bechara Jean-Pierre Becquemin Michael Belkin Haraldur Bjarnason James Hamilton Black Jan D. Blankensteijn John Blebea Luke P. Brewster Thomas E. Brothers Ruth L. Bush Jacob Buth John Stephen Byrne Keith D. Calligaro Piergiorgio Cao Elliot L. Chaikof James G. Chandler Jerry C. Chen Jae-Sung Cho Anthony J. Comerota John D. Corson Ronald L. Dalman Michael C. Dalsing Rachel Danczyk Christian de Virgilio Randall R. DeMartino Anton Dias Perera Ellen Dillavou Magruder C. Donaldson Matthew J. Dougherty Matthew J. Eagleton John F. Eidt Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen Bruce M. Elliott James R. Elmore Mohammad H. Eslami Darwin Eton Ronald M. Fairman Robert J. Feezor Thomas L. Forbes Julie A. Freischlag Katherine Ann Gallagher Nitin Garg Robert P. Garvin Heather L. Gill David L. Gillespie Peter Gloviczki Elisa Greco Randolph P. Guzman Sung Wan Ham Sukgu M. Han William Scott Harmsen Karem Harth Peter K. Henke Norman R. Hertzer Caitlin W. Hicks Anil Hingorani Karen J. Ho Larry Horesh Thomas S. Huber Glenn C. Hunter Justin Hurie Jeffrey Indes Benjamin M. Jackson Glenn R. Jacobowitz Arjun Jayaraj Jeffrey Jim Douglas W. Jones Tilo Kolbel Manju Kalra Steven G. Katz Jeffrey L. Kaufman Lois A. Killewich Melissa L. Kirkwood Martyn Knowles Ted R. Kohler Larry W. Kraiss Timothy F. Kresowik Norman Kumins Nicos Labropoulos Peter F. Lawrence Byung-Boong Lee Bo Liu Ying Wei Lum Fedor Lurie William C. Mackey Robyn Macsata Gregory A. Magee Mahmoud Malas Jay Mandrekar Jesse Manunga Edward Joseph Mascha Tara M. Mastracci Elna M. Masuda Robert A. McCready James Thomas McPhee Ross Milner Gregory L. Moneta Wesley S. Moore Albeir Mousa Patrick Muck Firas Fuad Mussa Stuart I. Myers David G. Neschis Richard F. Neville Thomas F. O'Donnell Sean D. O'Donnell Patrick J. O'Hara Frank T. Padberg Kosmas I. Paraskevas Woosup Michael Park William C. Pevec Lakshmikumar Pillai George Theodore Pisimisis Frank B. Pomposelli Janet T. Powell Thomas M. Proebstle Alessandra Puggioni Eberhard Rabe Ravi R. Rajani Seshadri Raju Kathleen Raman Muhammad Ali A. Rana John E. Rectenwald Robert Y. Rhee Michael A. Ricci John J. Ricotta David Andrew Rigberg Graham Roche-Nagle Vincent L. Rowe Daniel S. Rush Russell H. Samson Shawn Sarin Shoaib Shafique Claudie Mcarthur Sheahan Malachi G. Sheahan Cynthia K. Shortell Michael J. Singh Niten Singh Jeffrey J. Siracuse Benjamin Ware Starnes W. Charles Sternbergh III David H. Stone Michael Clinton Stoner Scott M. Surowiec Paul C. Tang Carlos H. Timaran Boulos Toursarkissian Gerald S. Treiman Ramesh Kaushal Tripathi Shirling Tsai Areck Ucuzian Brant W. Ullery Andre M. Van Rij Marc R. H. M. van Sambeek Ravi Kumar Veeraswamy Omaida C. Velazquez Thomas W. Wakefield Grace J. Wang Jonathan Michael Weiswasser Michael Stephen Williams Edward Woo Kak Khee Yeung The Editors are grateful to many clinicians and scientists who performed at least one review for the Journal during 2018. This group includes several New Reviewers. These reviewers performed 18% of all reviews and contributed greatly to our peer-review process. We would like to express our gratitude to them and look forward to working with them and with many more new reviewers in 2019. Babak Abai Cherrie Zack Abraham Julie Adams Niren Angle Dean J. Arnaoutakis Shipra Arya Marvin Douglas Atkins Ali Azizzadeh Trissa Babrowski Dennis F. Bandyk B. Timothy Baxter Hernan A. Bazan Jaime Benarroch-Gampel Thomas M. Bergamini Scott S. Berman Daniel J. Bertges Thomas C. Bower April J. Boyd Benjamin Sands Brooke Kellie R. Brown Jan S. Brunkwall Richard P. Cambria Joseph A. Caprini Jeffrey P. Carpenter Neal Scott Cayne Ankur Chandra Venita Chandra Gregory S. Cherr Lori Choi Timothy A. M. Chuter William Darrin Clouse Marc Coggia Dawn Marie Coleman Philip D. Coleridge-Smith Mark Frederick Conrad Michael S. Conte Matthew A. Corriere Bruce S. Cutler Scott Michael Damrauer Alan Dardik R. Clement Darling III Mark G. Davies Jonathan Scott Deitch Nuno V. Dias Jose Antonio Diaz Alan Dietzek Paul Joseph DiMuzio Matthew Doyle Maciej Lukasz Dryjski Matthew S. Edwards Jonathan Eliason Guillermo A. Escobar Mark K. Eskandari Mark A. Farber Peter L. Faries Steven Farley Javairiah Fatima Alberto Figueroa Bram Fioole Richard J. Fowl Charles James Fox Paul J. Gagne Robert H. Geelkerken Sergio Gianesini Kristina Ann Giles Prateek K. Gupta Raul J. Guzman Robert I. Hacker Eric S. Hager Allen David Hamdan Jaap Hamming Daniel Kyung Han E. John Harris John P. Harris Joseph Patrick Hart Stephan Haulon Dean A. Healy Nasim hedayati Ulf Hedin Jamal J. Hoballah Kathryn L. Howe Ying Huang Kakra Hughes Mark D. Iafrati Daniel M. Ihnat Michael J. H. M. Jacobs Juan Carlos Jimenez Jason M. Johanning Enjae Jung Lowell Stuart Kabnick Alexey Kamenskiy Ahmed Kayssi Chris Kevil Sharon C. Kiang Melina R. Kibbe Stanley Kim Ralf R. Kolvenbach Panos Kougias James Laredo James Anthony Lawson Jason T. Lee Luis R. Leon Christos D. Liapis Timothy K. Liem Judith C. Lin Cong-Lin Liu Frank W. LoGerfo Joseph Vincent Lombardi Sean P. Lyden Thanila Macedo Thomas Sabatini Maldonado Mary McGrae McDermott James F. McKinsey Manish Mehta Matthew W. Mell Matthew Thomas Menard Louis M. Messina David J. Minion Marc E. Mitchell Tetsuro Miyata Thomas Stacey Monahan Colleen Moore Nicholas Morrissey Mohammad Hassan Murad Michael Murphy Sara A. Myers Shardul Bal Nagre Aravinda Nanjundappa Naiem Nassiri April Estelle Nedeau Andrea Tara Obi Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar Takao Ohki Nicholas Harold Osborne Kenneth Ouriel Maral Ouzounian C. Keith Ozaki Jean M. Panneton Marc A. Passman Virendra I. Patel Chen Pei-Yu Tomas Pfeiffer Iraklis I. Pipinos Aleksandra Policha Lori Pounds Richard J. Powell Mohammad Qadura Bala Ramanan Thomas Reifsnyder Addi Rizvi William P. Robinson Jacob G. Robison Caron B. Rockman Heron Rodriguez Johnathon Curtis Rollo Jean Marie Ruddy Sameh M. Said Steven M. Santilli Timur Sarac Bhagwan Satiani Salvatore Scali Larry A. Scher Geert Willem Schurink Sherry D. Scovell Charles J. Shanley Kota Shukuzawa Jessica P. Simons Christopher Lowther Skelly Emily Spangler Gregory A. Stanley Oren K. Steinmetz Jordan R. Stern Julianne Stoughton Luis Suarez Ga-Young Kelly Suh Matthew Sweet David Szalay Andrew L. Tambyraja Yuefeng Tang Pedro G. Teixeira Robert W. Thompson Bryan Tillman Giovanni Torsello Maarten Truijers Edith Tzeng J. Adam van der Vliet Shant M. Vartanian Michael Anthony Vasquez Dobrin Vassilev Gabriela Velazquez-Ramirez Chandu Vemuri Gian Franco Veraldi Eric L. G. Verhoeven Michael Verta Jean-Paul de Vries Eric Wahlberg Daniel B. Walsh Fred A. Weaver Mark Wheatcroft John V. White Willem Wisselink Cees Wittens Eleftherios S. Xenos Baohui Xu Guilherme Yazbek Jerry R. Youkey Mohamed Adel Zayed Wei Zhou Kenneth Richard Ziegler R. Eugene Zierler