Evolution and transformation of JVS-CIT

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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.—Mother TeresaAs 2021 comes to an end, we are pleased to report that the state of the Journal of Vascular Surgery Publications is stronger than at any time in the history of our journals. This was a year of growth and transformation. The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) earned an Impact Factor of 4.268, an all-time high in the 38-year existence of this premier international publication. The Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL) reinforced its position as the leading publication in the international venous and lymphatic field with an Impact Factor of 2.859 in the 9th year of its publication.This journal, The Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases, Innovations and Techniques has been growing rapidly, publishing an estimated 33% more articles this year than just 2 years ago (Table). It continues to be the premier international journal dedicated to publishing peer reviewed high-quality case reports, articles on techniques, videos, and images related to all aspects of arterial, venous, and lymphatic diseases, including the placement and maintenance of arteriovenous dialysis accesses. And, it continues to place its emphasis on the practicing clinician, publishing articles by vascular specialists from 40 countries. In 2021, we modified the name of the journal to reflect the increased scope of the journal, which will now accept articles on all areas of innovation, including practice, education, outcome assessment, and procedural technique as well.TableTop 10 most viewed JVS-CIT articles, published in 2020Publication yearDocument titleAuthorsVolumeIssueViews2020Achieving a popliteal venous access for renal replacement therapy in critically ill COVID-19 patient in prone position1Adams E. Mousa A.Y. Achieving a popliteal venous access for renal replacement therapy in critically ill COVID-19 patient in prone position.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 266-268Google ScholarAdams E, Mousa AY621222020Arterial thrombotic complications in COVID-19 patients2Levolger S. Bokkers R.P.H. Wille J. Kropman R.H.J. de Vries J.P.M. Arterial thrombotic complications in COVID-19 patients.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 454-459Google ScholarLevolger S, Bokkers RPH, Wille J, Kropman RHJ, de Vries JPM63822020Arterial thromboembolism associated with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer levels3Garg K. Barfield M.E. Pezold M.L. Sadek M. Cayne N.S. Lugo J. et al.Arterial thromboembolism associated with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer levels.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 348-351Google ScholarGarg K, Barfield ME, Pezold ML, Sadek M, Cayne NS, Lugo J, Maldonado TS, Berland TL, Rockman CB, Jacobowitz GR63752020Atypical COVID-19 presentation in a patient undergoing staged thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair4Resch T. Vogt K. Eldrup N. Atypical COVID-19 presentation in a patient undergoing staged thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 337-339Google ScholarResch T, Vogt K, Eldrup N63752020Acute aortic thrombosis in COVID-195Baeza C. González A. Torres P. Pizzamiglio M. Arribas A. Aparicio C. Acute aortic thrombosis in COVID-19.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 483-486Google ScholarBaeza C, González A, Torres P, Pizzamiglio M, Arribas A, Aparicio C63632020Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava6Chzhao A. Zotikov A. Karmazanovsky G. Gurmikov B. Ivandaev A. Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 307-310Google ScholarChzhao A, Zotikov A, Karmazanovsky G, Gurmikov B, Ivandaev A.62612020Acute thrombotic events as initial presentation of patients with COVID-19 infection7Ilonzo N. Rao A. Berger K. Phair J. Vouyouka A. Ravin R. et al.Acute thrombotic events as initial presentation of patients with COVID-19 infection.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 381-383Google ScholarIlonzo N, Rao A, Berger K, Phair J, Vouyouka A, Ravin R, Han D, Finlay D, Tadros R, Marin M, Faries P63572020Acute aortoiliac and infrainguinal arterial thrombotic events in four patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus 20198Wengerter S.P. Wengerter K.R. Masoudpoor H. Sagarwala A. Karim O. Rao N. et al.Acute aortoiliac and infrainguinal arterial thrombotic events in four patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus 2019.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 698-702Google ScholarWengerter SP, Wengerter KR, Masoudpoor H, Sagarwala A, Karim O, Rao N, Gillen J, Choi HM, Bernik T, Schwartz ML64502020Acute upper limb ischemia as the first manifestation in a patient with COVID-199Shao T. In-Bok Lee C. Jabori S. Rey J. Duran E.R. Kang N. Acute upper limb ischemia as the first manifestation in a patient with COVID-19.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 674-677Google ScholarShao T, In-Bok Lee C, Jabori S, Rey J, Duran ER, Kang N64432020Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection10Thompson O. Pierce D. Whang D. O'Malley M. Geise B. Malhotra U. Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection.J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020; 6: 511-513Google ScholarThompson O, Pierce D, Whang D, O'Malley M, Geise B, Malhotra U6443 Open table in a new tab The fourth member of the JVS family, JVS-Vascular Science (JVS-VS), has also grown well beyond expectations. Recognizing the high scientific and editorial standards of this journal, the U.S. National Library of Medicine just accepted JVS-VS into PubMed Central, so all articles will be indexed retroactively starting with Volume 1, 2020.This welcome evolution of the JVS portfolio occurred in parallel with major transformations of our editorial policies, educational programs, leadership, and boards. The diversity of each journal's editorial board significantly improved and now includes ≥25% women and under-represented minorities.The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed over 700 000 lives in the United States has had a sustained effect on all scientific publications, including the JVS journals. Submission rates of all categories of articles remained extremely high, with an estimated 2859 new submissions in 2021, 31% higher than before the pandemic and just slightly lower than in 2020. In addition, this year we published ∼70 articles on COVID-19 and vascular disease, and our online collection includes 152 articles https://www.jvscit.org/.Social media continues to be an important tool for JVS Journal Editors, authors, and readers. JVS journals has 4513 Facebook, 7037 Twitter, and 16,861 LinkedIn followers. We are pleased to see that JVS-CIT content usage continues to grow, with an estimated 84,000 full-text downloads and 21,185 average monthly visits in 2021 to our website, www.JVSCIT.org. We hope the progress in the journal quality metrics as well as the increasing social media presence translate into a better understanding of vascular disease by vascular specialists and into better care and outcomes for vascular patients, which is our ultimate goal.2021 was the year of major transformations in our educational programs. The JVS Journal Club, now held monthly and spearheaded by Paul DiMuzio and Misty Humphries, has had dedicated followers since its inception, with 100 to 150 trainees and practicing vascular surgeons signed up for each event. The quality has been exceptional, the discussions have been lively and engaging, and we anticipate it will continue to prosper. The journal club represents a great way to read and understand papers published in all JVS journals.Ulka Sachdev-Ost, our new Associate Editor with a focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), developed the JVS internship to teach residents and fellows about the process of reviewing vascular papers. Our goal with this educational program was both training the next generation of reviewers as well as improving their clinical and basic research skills. We have seven interns, and each has a mentor who works with them closely in reviewing papers and making suggestions for improvement. Interns also attend monthly presentations by the JVS faculty. These sessions will be available online in the new SVS learning system.Our collaboration with Audible Bleeding deserves special recognition. The discussion of four highlighted papers each month has opened the journal to those who use podcasts to keep current on vascular publications, often while carrying very busy schedules as residents and fellows. Thanks to Nicole Rich, Adham Elmously, Adam Johnson, Sharif Ellozy, Jacob Schwartzman, and other founders and collaborators of Audible Bleeding who have created a great learning tool for our journal.The progress JVS journals made was due to the outstanding manuscripts our authors submitted from around the world, and we are grateful for these contributions. Success, however, would not have been achieved without the hard work and expertise of an exceptional JVS-CIT team. We greatly appreciate the contributions of our Associate Editors, Thomas L. Forbes, Fred A. Weaver, Ulka Sachdev-Ost, Alan Dardik, Gregory L. Moneta, and Cynthia K. Shortell; and of our Assistant Editors, Ruth L. Bush, Keith Calligaro, Bernardo Mendes, Paul DiMuzio, and Daniel K. Han. We also express our deepest gratitude to the dedicated members of our JVS-CIT editorial board and our many reviewers, listed below, who have read, reviewed, and re-reviewed an increasing number of submissions. In recognition of a most successful year, we are pleased to extend the current positions of all our editors and editorial board members for the next 6 months. Thus, the new editorial leadership, who will start in July 2022, will have an opportunity to select new editors and editorial board members from the many outstanding individuals who wish to contribute to the JVS journals.Finally, we are particularly thankful to our dedicated JVS staff, Senior Managing Editor Jessica McEwan, Managing Editors Alexandria Sese and Tyler Cosgrove, Senior Editorial Assistant Carlee Green, and Editorial Assistant Emily Sachs. We are also grateful to the SVS and our sponsoring societies who support our journal and enable us to publish great articles from their annual meetings. As we welcome a new year in 2022, we continue to be thankful for the honor and the opportunity to serve you as editors of the great family of JVS Journals.Acknowledgment of reviewersWe are extremely grateful for our expert reviewers for their valuable contributions. Peer reviewers work without compensation and unselfishly provide their time and expertise to our journals. Peer review is essential to validate the credibility of scientific research by others working in the same field. The goal is to maintain the integrity of science, to improve the quality of the manuscripts, and provide valuable input to the editors who decide on the fate of the manuscripts.Acknowledgment of associate and assistant editorsWe are blessed to have excellent Associate and Assistant Editors, who helped us in 2021 to manage the increasing number of submissions, without compromising the high quality of the articles published in JVS-CIT. Drs Thomas L. Forbes, Gregory L. Moneta, Cynthia K. Shortell, and Fred A. Weaver served as Associate Editors for Clinical Studies and dealt with an overwhelming number of submissions this year. They were joined by Dr Ulka Sachdev-Ost, who reviewed both clinical and research papers, lead our efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in our editorial system and directs the JVS internship program- great job by a dedicated surgeon. We are also thankful for the contributions of our Associate Editor for Basic Science, Dr Alan Dardik, who excels now in his new role as Editor of JVS-Vascular Science. We are thankful to our Assistant Editors Drs Ruth L. Bush and Keith D. Calligaro, and our new Assistant Editor for Reviews, Dr Audra Duncan for her expertise and hard work. Finally, we recognize the efforts of Dr Bernardo Mendes for his outstanding contributions to get the best vascular image articles published in JVS journals and for spearheading our new vascular video program.Special thanks to Dr Paul J. DiMuzio, Editor for Social Media, director of the JVS journal clubs and author of JVS Press Releases and to Dr Daniel Han, who has become a master editor producing Visual Abstracts and helped us tremendously to increase our social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other platforms.Acknowledgment of the editorial boardWe are thankful for the valuable contributions made by our excellent Editorial Board in 2021. In addition to the review and rereview of a large number of original articles, our editorial board members frequently contributed to JVS-CIT with commentaries and editorials. Members of the Editorial Board performed an average of 2 reviews each year, and during 2021 this accounted for 31% of all the reviews performed.The Editors would like to recognize all board members, who will who continue their assignments in 2022.Board membersAhmed M. Abou-ZamzamChristopher J AbularrageJose Ignacio AlmeidaPier Luigi AntignaniZachary M ArthursFaisal AzizTrissa BabrowskiIris BaumgartnerAdam W. BeckHaraldur BjarnasonJohn BlebeaKellie R. BrownPatrick H. CarpentierVenita ChandraStephen WK ChengJayer ChungDaniel G. ClairAnthony J. ComerotaRachel DanczykDavid L. DawsonRandall R. DeMartinoEllen DillavouHasan Haldun DosluogluMatthew J. DoughertyLuc DuboisMatthew J. EagletonEric David EndeanLuke S. ErdoesSpencer GaltHugh GelabertSergio GianesiniKathleen D. GibsonManjit S GohelJerry GoldstonePhilip P GoodneyLinda HarrisStéphan HaulonNasim HedayatiCaitlin W. HicksAnil HingoraniMisty D HumphriesMark D. IafratiKarl A. IlligGlenn R. JacobowitzArjun JayarajWilliam D JordanManju KalraJeanwan KangVikram S. KashyapPedro Pablo KomlosNicos LabropoulosGregory J. LandryByung-Boong LeeThomas F. LindsayG. Matthew LongoMarzia LugliFedor LurieThomas G. LynchM. Ashraf MansourJesse ManungaWilliam A. MarstonTara M MastracciElna M. MasudaJoseph L. MillsJ. Gregory ModrallNick MorrisonPatrick MuckNaiem NassiriThomas NoppeneyAndrea Tara ObiGustavo S. OderichThomas F. O'DonnellTakao OhkiKathleen OzsvathWoosup Michael ParkKurosh ParsiMarc A. PassmanLakshmikumar PillaiAmani PolitanoLori PoundsThomas M. ProebstleAlessandra PuggioniWilliam J. Quinones-BaldrichJoseph D. RaffettoRavi R RajaniSeshadri RajuTodd E. RasmussenLars RasmussenPauline Raymond-MartimbeauAmy B ReedTimothy A ReschMichael J. RohrerVincent L. RoweRussell H. SamsonMarc L. SchermerhornJoseph R. SchneiderLewis B. SchwartzSherry D ScovellSherene ShalhubEvgeny Vladimirovich ShaydakovClaudie Mcarthur SheahanJeffrey J SiracuseMatthew R. SmedsBenjamin Ware StarnesDavid H. StoneMichael Clinton StonerJulianne StoughtonGale L. TangRamesh Kaushal TripathiJorge H. UlloaTomasz UrbanekAndré M. Van RijThomas W. WakefieldJinsong WangJonathan Michael WeiswasserMark S WhiteleyCees WittensKaren WooDistinguished reviewersThe Editors would like to recognize the Distinguished Reviewers of the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Cases, Innovations and Techniques, who have performed more than five reviews during the review period between January and September 2021, and who consistently performed the highest-rated and timely reviews. Distinguished Reviewers contributed 13% of all reviews. We thank them for their efforts to assure a high-quality peer-review process.Mario D'OriaDean A. HealyYing Wei LumJovan MarkovicBernardo MendesWilliam Todd BohannonLeo J DaabAnahita DuaYana EtkinKakra HughesSharon C KiangMeryl Simon LoganSebastian MafeldGraeme McFarlandLeigh Ann O'BanionPalma ShawBritt H TonnessenDouglas Alan TroutmanEleftherios S. XenosSara L. ZettervallReviewersThe Editors are grateful to many clinicians and scientists who performed at least one review for the Journal during 2021. This group includes several New Reviewers. These reviewers performed 57% 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 2022.Babak AbaiJoshua David ArnoldMartin R. BackJeffrey L. BallardDonald BarilJonathan BathCarlos Fares BecharaJean-Pierre BecqueminJan D. BlankensteijnPiergiorgio CaoAnkur ChandraJae Sung ChoLori ChoiMichael C. DalsingMark G. DaviesJose Antonio DiazPaul Joseph DiMuzioAudra A. DuncanJohn F. EidtJens Eldrup-JorgensenJames R. ElmoreDarwin EtonJavairiah FatimaBram FiooleJulie A. FreischlagPaul J. GagneRobert H. GeelkerkenDavid L. GillespieAlexander GombertRaul J. GuzmanRandolph P. GuzmanRobert I HackerDaniel Kyung HanHeitham T. HassounJamal J HoballahGlenn C. HunterJeffrey IndesTakehisa IwaiBenjamin M JacksonSteven G. KatzLois A. KillewichMartyn KnowlesTed R. KohlerPeter F. LawrenceJason T. LeeTimothy K. LiemMichael P. LillyBengt LindbladEvan C. LipsitzSean P. LydenGregory A MageeRobert A. McCreadyJames Thomas McPheeTetsuro MiyataWesley S. MooreNicholas MorrisseyAlbeir MousaStuart I. MyersDavid G. NeschisPatrick J. O'HaraRobert B. PattersonTomas PfeifferEberhard RabeJohn E. RectenwaldMichael A. RicciJohn J. RicottaDavid Andrew RigbergWilliam P. RobinsonDaniel S. RushGregory Gordon SalzlerMalachi G. SheahanNiten SinghPaul C TangGerald S. TreimanShirling TsaiR. James ValentineHence J. M. VerhagenJean-Paul de VriesFred A WeaverRana O. AfifiDean J Arnaoutakisamir azarbalAli AzizzadehJocelyn BeachRobert J. BeaulieuJaime Benarroch-GampelSaideep BoseDavid K.W. ChewJill ColglazierMitchell Wayne CoxNuno V DiasAnton Dias PereraYoung ErbenRobert J FeezorCharles James FoxHeather L GillElisa GrecoEric S HagerKarem HarthAli IrshadHouman JalaieDouglas W JonesEnjae JungDavid S KauvarIssam KoleilatKimihiro KomoriShang LohThanila MacedoColleen MooreRaghu L MotaganahalliShardul Bal NagreAravinda NanjundappaApril Estelle NedeauCassius Iyad Ochoa ChaarFrancisco OsseEric K PedenDanielle Marie PinedaGeorge Theodore PisimisisElina QuirogaBala RamananMuhammad Ali A RanaThomas ReifsnyderAddi RizviGraham Roche-NagleJean Marie RuddySalvatore ScaliGeert Willem SchurinkJessica P SimonsChristopher L. SkellyEmily SpanglerBjoern Dominik SuckowMatthew SweetDavid SzalayTze-Woei TanBryan TillmanMagdiel Trinidad HernandezBrant W. UllerySuresh VedanthamChandu VemuriGrace J WangMark WheatcroftMohamed Adel ZayedKenneth Richard ZieglerMatthew S EdwardsBruce M ElliottPatrick J. GeraghtySukgu M HanE. John HarrisDonald L. JacobsDavid N. KuJudith C LinMahmoud MalasMarc E MitchellHeron RodriguezOren K. SteinmetzGian Franco VeraldiStatistical reviewersFinally, the Editors thank our statistical reviewers.Richard AmdurWilliam Scott HarmsenJay MandrekarEdward Joseph MaschaCharles MillerJVS internsTabled 1InternMentorJessica M. MayorPaul DiMuzioAkiko TanakaKeith CalligaroAnand BrahmandamUlka SachdevShernaz S. DossabhoyThomas ForbesLaura M. DrudiAudra DuncanChristopher AuduAlan DardikElizabeth L. ChouGale Tang Open table in a new tab I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.—Mother Teresa As 2021 comes to an end, we are pleased to report that the state of the Journal of Vascular Surgery Publications is stronger than at any time in the history of our journals. This was a year of growth and transformation. The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) earned an Impact Factor of 4.268, an all-time high in the 38-year existence of this premier international publication. The Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL) reinforced its position as the leading publication in the international venous and lymphatic field with an Impact Factor of 2.859 in the 9th year of its publication. This journal, The Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases, Innovations and Techniques has been growing rapidly, publishing an estimated 33% more articles this year than just 2 years ago (Table). It continues to be the premier international journal dedicated to publishing peer reviewed high-quality case reports, articles on techniques, videos, and images related to all aspects of arterial, venous, and lymphatic diseases, including the placement and maintenance of arteriovenous dialysis accesses. And, it continues to place its emphasis on the practicing clinician, publishing articles by vascular specialists from 40 countries. In 2021, we modified the name of the journal to reflect the increased scope of the journal, which will now accept articles on all areas of innovation, including practice, education, outcome assessment, and procedural technique as well. The fourth member of the JVS family, JVS-Vascular Science (JVS-VS), has also grown well beyond expectations. Recognizing the high scientific and editorial standards of this journal, the U.S. National Library of Medicine just accepted JVS-VS into PubMed Central, so all articles will be indexed retroactively starting with Volume 1, 2020. This welcome evolution of the JVS portfolio occurred in parallel with major transformations of our editorial policies, educational programs, leadership, and boards. The diversity of each journal's editorial board significantly improved and now includes ≥25% women and under-represented minorities. The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed over 700 000 lives in the United States has had a sustained effect on all scientific publications, including the JVS journals. Submission rates of all categories of articles remained extremely high, with an estimated 2859 new submissions in 2021, 31% higher than before the pandemic and just slightly lower than in 2020. In addition, this year we published ∼70 articles on COVID-19 and vascular disease, and our online collection includes 152 articles https://www.jvscit.org/. Social media continues to be an important tool for JVS Journal Editors, authors, and readers. JVS journals has 4513 Facebook, 7037 Twitter, and 16,861 LinkedIn followers. We are pleased to see that JVS-CIT content usage continues to grow, with an estimated 84,000 full-text downloads and 21,185 average monthly visits in 2021 to our website, www.JVSCIT.org. We hope the progress in the journal quality metrics as well as the increasing social media presence translate into a better understanding of vascular disease by vascular specialists and into better care and outcomes for vascular patients, which is our ultimate goal. 2021 was the year of major transformations in our educational programs. The JVS Journal Club, now held monthly and spearheaded by Paul DiMuzio and Misty Humphries, has had dedicated followers since its inception, with 100 to 150 trainees and practicing vascular surgeons signed up for each event. The quality has been exceptional, the discussions have been lively and engaging, and we anticipate it will continue to prosper. The journal club represents a great way to read and understand papers published in all JVS journals. Ulka Sachdev-Ost, our new Associate Editor with a focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), developed the JVS internship to teach residents and fellows about the process of reviewing vascular papers. Our goal with this educational program was both training the next generation of reviewers as well as improving their clinical and basic research skills. We have seven interns, and each has a mentor who works with them closely in reviewing papers and making suggestions for improvement. Interns also attend monthly presentations by the JVS faculty. These sessions will be available online in the new SVS learning system. Our collaboration with Audible Bleeding deserves special recognition. The discussion of four highlighted papers each month has opened the journal to those who use podcasts to keep current on vascular publications, often while carrying very busy schedules as residents and fellows. Thanks to Nicole Rich, Adham Elmously, Adam Johnson, Sharif Ellozy, Jacob Schwartzman, and other founders and collaborators of Audible Bleeding who have created a great learning tool for our journal. The progress JVS journals made was due to the outstanding manuscripts our authors submitted from around the world, and we are grateful for these contributions. Success, however, would not have been achieved without the hard work and expertise of an exceptional JVS-CIT team. We greatly appreciate the contributions of our Associate Editors, Thomas L. Forbes, Fred A. Weaver, Ulka Sachdev-Ost, Alan Dardik, Gregory L. Moneta, and Cynthia K. Shortell; and of our Assistant Editors, Ruth L. Bush, Keith Calligaro, Bernardo Mendes, Paul DiMuzio, and Daniel K. Han. We also express our deepest gratitude to the dedicated members of our JVS-CIT editorial board and our many reviewers, listed below, who have read, reviewed, and re-reviewed an increasing number of submissions. In recognition of a most successful year, we are pleased to extend the current positions of all our editors and editorial board members for the next 6 months. Thus, the new editorial leadership, who will start in July 2022, will have an opportunity to select new editors and editorial board members from the many outstanding individuals who wish to contribute to the JVS journals. Finally, we are particularly thankful to our dedicated JVS staff, Senior Managing Editor Jessica McEwan, Managing Editors Alexandria Sese and Tyler Cosgrove, Senior Editorial Assistant Carlee Green, and Editorial Assistant Emily Sachs. We are also grateful to the SVS and our sponsoring societies who support our journal and enable us to publish great articles from their annual meetings. As we welcome a new year in 2022, we continue to be thankful for the honor and the opportunity to serve you as editors of the great family of JVS Journals. Acknowledgment of reviewersWe are extremely grateful for our expert reviewers for their valuable contributions. Peer reviewers work without compensation and unselfishly provide their time and expertise to our journals. Peer review is essential to validate the credibility of scientific research by others working in the same field. The goal is to maintain the integrity of science, to improve the quality of the manuscripts, and provide valuable input to the editors who decide on the fate of the manuscripts. We are extremely grateful for our expert reviewers for their valuable contributions. Peer reviewers work without compensation and unselfishly provide their time and expertise to our journals. Peer review is essential to validate the credibility of scientific research by others working in the same field. The goal is to maintain the integrity of science, to improve the quality of the manuscripts, and provide valuable input to the editors who decide on the fate of the manuscripts. Acknowledgment of associate and assistant editorsWe are blessed to have excellent Associate and Assistant Editors, who helped us in 2021 to manage the increasing number of submissions, without compromising the high quality of the articles published in JVS-CIT. Drs Thomas L. Forbes, Gregory L. Moneta, Cynthia K. Shortell, and Fred A. Weaver served as Associate Editors for Clinical Studies and dealt with an overwhelming number of submissions this year. They were joined by Dr Ulka Sachdev-Ost, who reviewed both clinical and research papers, lead our efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in our editorial system and directs the JVS internship program- great job by a dedicated surgeon. We are also thankful for the contributions of our Associate Editor for Basic Science, Dr Alan Dardik, who excels now in his new role as Editor of JVS-Vascular Science. We are thankful to our Assistant Editors Drs Ruth L. Bush and Keith D. Calligaro, and our new Assistant Editor for Reviews, Dr Audra Duncan for her expertise and hard work. Finally, we recognize the efforts of Dr Bernardo Mendes for his outstanding contributions to get the best vascular image articles published in JVS journals and for spearheading our new vascular video program.Special thanks to Dr Paul J. DiMuzio, Editor for Social Media, director of the JVS journal clubs and author of JVS Press Releases and to Dr Daniel Han, who has become a master editor producing Visual Abstracts and helped us tremendously to increase our social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other platforms. We are blessed to have excellent Associate and Assistant Editors, who helped us in 2021 to manage the increasing number of submissions, without compromising the high quality of the articles published in JVS-CIT. Drs Thomas L. Forbes, Gregory L. Moneta, Cynthia K. Shortell, and Fred A. Weaver served as Associate Editors for Clinical Studies and dealt with an overwhelming number of submissions this year. They were joined by Dr Ulka Sachdev-Ost, who reviewed both clinical and research papers, lead our efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in our editorial system and directs the JVS internship program- great job by a dedicated surgeon. We are also thankful for the contributions of our Associate Editor for Basic Science, Dr Alan Dardik, who excels now in his new role as Editor of JVS-Vascular Science. We are thankful to our Assistant Editors Drs Ruth L. Bush and Keith D. Calligaro, and our new Assistant Editor for Reviews, Dr Audra Duncan for her expertise and hard work. Finally, we recognize the efforts of Dr Bernardo Mendes for his outstanding contributions to get the best vascular image articles published in JVS journals and for spearheading our new vascular video program. Special thanks to Dr Paul J. DiMuzio, Editor for Social Media, director of the JVS journal clubs and author of JVS Press Releases and to Dr Daniel Han, who has become a master editor producing Visual Abstracts and helped us tremendously to increase our social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other platforms. Acknowledgment of the editorial boardWe are thankful for the valuable contributions made by our excellent Editorial Board in 2021. In addition to the review and rereview of a large number of original articles, our editorial board members frequently contributed to JVS-CIT with commentaries and editorials. Members of the Editorial Board performed an average of 2 reviews each year, and during 2021 this accounted for 31% of all the reviews performed.The Editors would like to recognize all board members, who will who continue their assignments in 2022. We are thankful for the valuable contributions made by our excellent Editorial Board in 2021. In addition to the review and rereview of a large number of original articles, our editorial board members frequently contributed to JVS-CIT with commentaries and editorials. Members of the Editorial Board performed an average of 2 reviews each year, and during 2021 this accounted for 31% of all the reviews performed. The Editors would like to recognize all board members, who will who continue their assignments in 2022. Board membersAhmed M. Abou-ZamzamChristopher J AbularrageJose Ignacio AlmeidaPier Luigi AntignaniZachary M ArthursFaisal AzizTrissa BabrowskiIris BaumgartnerAdam W. BeckHaraldur BjarnasonJohn BlebeaKellie R. BrownPatrick H. CarpentierVenita ChandraStephen WK ChengJayer ChungDaniel G. ClairAnthony J. ComerotaRachel DanczykDavid L. DawsonRandall R. DeMartinoEllen DillavouHasan Haldun DosluogluMatthew J. DoughertyLuc DuboisMatthew J. EagletonEric David EndeanLuke S. ErdoesSpencer GaltHugh GelabertSergio GianesiniKathleen D. GibsonManjit S GohelJerry GoldstonePhilip P GoodneyLinda HarrisStéphan HaulonNasim HedayatiCaitlin W. HicksAnil HingoraniMisty D HumphriesMark D. IafratiKarl A. IlligGlenn R. JacobowitzArjun JayarajWilliam D JordanManju KalraJeanwan KangVikram S. KashyapPedro Pablo KomlosNicos LabropoulosGregory J. LandryByung-Boong LeeThomas F. LindsayG. Matthew LongoMarzia LugliFedor LurieThomas G. LynchM. Ashraf MansourJesse ManungaWilliam A. MarstonTara M MastracciElna M. MasudaJoseph L. MillsJ. Gregory ModrallNick MorrisonPatrick MuckNaiem NassiriThomas NoppeneyAndrea Tara ObiGustavo S. OderichThomas F. O'DonnellTakao OhkiKathleen OzsvathWoosup Michael ParkKurosh ParsiMarc A. PassmanLakshmikumar PillaiAmani PolitanoLori PoundsThomas M. ProebstleAlessandra PuggioniWilliam J. Quinones-BaldrichJoseph D. RaffettoRavi R RajaniSeshadri RajuTodd E. RasmussenLars RasmussenPauline Raymond-MartimbeauAmy B ReedTimothy A ReschMichael J. RohrerVincent L. RoweRussell H. SamsonMarc L. SchermerhornJoseph R. SchneiderLewis B. SchwartzSherry D ScovellSherene ShalhubEvgeny Vladimirovich ShaydakovClaudie Mcarthur SheahanJeffrey J SiracuseMatthew R. SmedsBenjamin Ware StarnesDavid H. StoneMichael Clinton StonerJulianne StoughtonGale L. TangRamesh Kaushal TripathiJorge H. UlloaTomasz UrbanekAndré M. Van RijThomas W. WakefieldJinsong WangJonathan Michael WeiswasserMark S WhiteleyCees WittensKaren Woo Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam Christopher J Abularrage Jose Ignacio Almeida Pier Luigi Antignani Zachary M Arthurs Faisal Aziz Trissa Babrowski Iris Baumgartner Adam W. Beck Haraldur Bjarnason John Blebea Kellie R. Brown Patrick H. Carpentier Venita Chandra Stephen WK Cheng Jayer Chung Daniel G. Clair Anthony J. Comerota Rachel Danczyk David L. Dawson Randall R. DeMartino Ellen Dillavou Hasan Haldun Dosluoglu Matthew J. Dougherty Luc Dubois Matthew J. Eagleton Eric David Endean Luke S. Erdoes Spencer Galt Hugh Gelabert Sergio Gianesini Kathleen D. Gibson Manjit S Gohel Jerry Goldstone Philip P Goodney Linda Harris Stéphan Haulon Nasim Hedayati Caitlin W. Hicks Anil Hingorani Misty D Humphries Mark D. Iafrati Karl A. Illig Glenn R. Jacobowitz Arjun Jayaraj William D Jordan Manju Kalra Jeanwan Kang Vikram S. Kashyap Pedro Pablo Komlos Nicos Labropoulos Gregory J. Landry Byung-Boong Lee Thomas F. Lindsay G. Matthew Longo Marzia Lugli Fedor Lurie Thomas G. Lynch M. Ashraf Mansour Jesse Manunga William A. Marston Tara M Mastracci Elna M. Masuda Joseph L. Mills J. Gregory Modrall Nick Morrison Patrick Muck Naiem Nassiri Thomas Noppeney Andrea Tara Obi Gustavo S. Oderich Thomas F. O'Donnell Takao Ohki Kathleen Ozsvath Woosup Michael Park Kurosh Parsi Marc A. Passman Lakshmikumar Pillai Amani Politano Lori Pounds Thomas M. Proebstle Alessandra Puggioni William J. Quinones-Baldrich Joseph D. Raffetto Ravi R Rajani Seshadri Raju Todd E. Rasmussen Lars Rasmussen Pauline Raymond-Martimbeau Amy B Reed Timothy A Resch Michael J. Rohrer Vincent L. Rowe Russell H. Samson Marc L. Schermerhorn Joseph R. Schneider Lewis B. Schwartz Sherry D Scovell Sherene Shalhub Evgeny Vladimirovich Shaydakov Claudie Mcarthur Sheahan Jeffrey J Siracuse Matthew R. Smeds Benjamin Ware Starnes David H. Stone Michael Clinton Stoner Julianne Stoughton Gale L. Tang Ramesh Kaushal Tripathi Jorge H. Ulloa Tomasz Urbanek André M. Van Rij Thomas W. Wakefield Jinsong Wang Jonathan Michael Weiswasser Mark S Whiteley Cees Wittens Karen Woo Distinguished reviewersThe Editors would like to recognize the Distinguished Reviewers of the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Cases, Innovations and Techniques, who have performed more than five reviews during the review period between January and September 2021, and who consistently performed the highest-rated and timely reviews. Distinguished Reviewers contributed 13% of all reviews. We thank them for their efforts to assure a high-quality peer-review process.Mario D'OriaDean A. HealyYing Wei LumJovan MarkovicBernardo MendesWilliam Todd BohannonLeo J DaabAnahita DuaYana EtkinKakra HughesSharon C KiangMeryl Simon LoganSebastian MafeldGraeme McFarlandLeigh Ann O'BanionPalma ShawBritt H TonnessenDouglas Alan TroutmanEleftherios S. XenosSara L. Zettervall The Editors would like to recognize the Distinguished Reviewers of the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Cases, Innovations and Techniques, who have performed more than five reviews during the review period between January and September 2021, and who consistently performed the highest-rated and timely reviews. Distinguished Reviewers contributed 13% of all reviews. We thank them for their efforts to assure a high-quality peer-review process. Mario D'Oria Dean A. Healy Ying Wei Lum Jovan Markovic Bernardo Mendes William Todd Bohannon Leo J Daab Anahita Dua Yana Etkin Kakra Hughes Sharon C Kiang Meryl Simon Logan Sebastian Mafeld Graeme McFarland Leigh Ann O'Banion Palma Shaw Britt H Tonnessen Douglas Alan Troutman Eleftherios S. Xenos Sara L. Zettervall ReviewersThe Editors are grateful to many clinicians and scientists who performed at least one review for the Journal during 2021. This group includes several New Reviewers. These reviewers performed 57% 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 2022.Babak AbaiJoshua David ArnoldMartin R. BackJeffrey L. BallardDonald BarilJonathan BathCarlos Fares BecharaJean-Pierre BecqueminJan D. BlankensteijnPiergiorgio CaoAnkur ChandraJae Sung ChoLori ChoiMichael C. DalsingMark G. DaviesJose Antonio DiazPaul Joseph DiMuzioAudra A. DuncanJohn F. EidtJens Eldrup-JorgensenJames R. ElmoreDarwin EtonJavairiah FatimaBram FiooleJulie A. FreischlagPaul J. GagneRobert H. GeelkerkenDavid L. GillespieAlexander GombertRaul J. GuzmanRandolph P. GuzmanRobert I HackerDaniel Kyung HanHeitham T. HassounJamal J HoballahGlenn C. HunterJeffrey IndesTakehisa IwaiBenjamin M JacksonSteven G. KatzLois A. KillewichMartyn KnowlesTed R. KohlerPeter F. LawrenceJason T. LeeTimothy K. LiemMichael P. LillyBengt LindbladEvan C. LipsitzSean P. LydenGregory A MageeRobert A. McCreadyJames Thomas McPheeTetsuro MiyataWesley S. MooreNicholas MorrisseyAlbeir MousaStuart I. MyersDavid G. NeschisPatrick J. O'HaraRobert B. PattersonTomas PfeifferEberhard RabeJohn E. RectenwaldMichael A. RicciJohn J. RicottaDavid Andrew RigbergWilliam P. RobinsonDaniel S. RushGregory Gordon SalzlerMalachi G. SheahanNiten SinghPaul C TangGerald S. TreimanShirling TsaiR. James ValentineHence J. M. VerhagenJean-Paul de VriesFred A WeaverRana O. AfifiDean J Arnaoutakisamir azarbalAli AzizzadehJocelyn BeachRobert J. BeaulieuJaime Benarroch-GampelSaideep BoseDavid K.W. ChewJill ColglazierMitchell Wayne CoxNuno V DiasAnton Dias PereraYoung ErbenRobert J FeezorCharles James FoxHeather L GillElisa GrecoEric S HagerKarem HarthAli IrshadHouman JalaieDouglas W JonesEnjae JungDavid S KauvarIssam KoleilatKimihiro KomoriShang LohThanila MacedoColleen MooreRaghu L MotaganahalliShardul Bal NagreAravinda NanjundappaApril Estelle NedeauCassius Iyad Ochoa ChaarFrancisco OsseEric K PedenDanielle Marie PinedaGeorge Theodore PisimisisElina QuirogaBala RamananMuhammad Ali A RanaThomas ReifsnyderAddi RizviGraham Roche-NagleJean Marie RuddySalvatore ScaliGeert Willem SchurinkJessica P SimonsChristopher L. SkellyEmily SpanglerBjoern Dominik SuckowMatthew SweetDavid SzalayTze-Woei TanBryan TillmanMagdiel Trinidad HernandezBrant W. UllerySuresh VedanthamChandu VemuriGrace J WangMark WheatcroftMohamed Adel ZayedKenneth Richard ZieglerMatthew S EdwardsBruce M ElliottPatrick J. GeraghtySukgu M HanE. John HarrisDonald L. JacobsDavid N. KuJudith C LinMahmoud MalasMarc E MitchellHeron RodriguezOren K. SteinmetzGian Franco Veraldi The Editors are grateful to many clinicians and scientists who performed at least one review for the Journal during 2021. This group includes several New Reviewers. These reviewers performed 57% 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 2022. Babak Abai Joshua David Arnold Martin R. Back Jeffrey L. Ballard Donald Baril Jonathan Bath Carlos Fares Bechara Jean-Pierre Becquemin Jan D. Blankensteijn Piergiorgio Cao Ankur Chandra Jae Sung Cho Lori Choi Michael C. Dalsing Mark G. Davies Jose Antonio Diaz Paul Joseph DiMuzio Audra A. Duncan John F. Eidt Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen James R. Elmore Darwin Eton Javairiah Fatima Bram Fioole Julie A. Freischlag Paul J. Gagne Robert H. Geelkerken David L. Gillespie Alexander Gombert Raul J. Guzman Randolph P. Guzman Robert I Hacker Daniel Kyung Han Heitham T. Hassoun Jamal J Hoballah Glenn C. Hunter Jeffrey Indes Takehisa Iwai Benjamin M Jackson Steven G. Katz Lois A. Killewich Martyn Knowles Ted R. Kohler Peter F. Lawrence Jason T. Lee Timothy K. Liem Michael P. Lilly Bengt Lindblad Evan C. Lipsitz Sean P. Lyden Gregory A Magee Robert A. McCready James Thomas McPhee Tetsuro Miyata Wesley S. Moore Nicholas Morrissey Albeir Mousa Stuart I. Myers David G. Neschis Patrick J. O'Hara Robert B. Patterson Tomas Pfeiffer Eberhard Rabe John E. Rectenwald Michael A. Ricci John J. Ricotta David Andrew Rigberg William P. Robinson Daniel S. Rush Gregory Gordon Salzler Malachi G. Sheahan Niten Singh Paul C Tang Gerald S. Treiman Shirling Tsai R. James Valentine Hence J. M. Verhagen Jean-Paul de Vries Fred A Weaver Rana O. Afifi Dean J Arnaoutakis amir azarbal Ali Azizzadeh Jocelyn Beach Robert J. Beaulieu Jaime Benarroch-Gampel Saideep Bose David K.W. Chew Jill Colglazier Mitchell Wayne Cox Nuno V Dias Anton Dias Perera Young Erben Robert J Feezor Charles James Fox Heather L Gill Elisa Greco Eric S Hager Karem Harth Ali Irshad Houman Jalaie Douglas W Jones Enjae Jung David S Kauvar Issam Koleilat Kimihiro Komori Shang Loh Thanila Macedo Colleen Moore Raghu L Motaganahalli Shardul Bal Nagre Aravinda Nanjundappa April Estelle Nedeau Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar Francisco Osse Eric K Peden Danielle Marie Pineda George Theodore Pisimisis Elina Quiroga Bala Ramanan Muhammad Ali A Rana Thomas Reifsnyder Addi Rizvi Graham Roche-Nagle Jean Marie Ruddy Salvatore Scali Geert Willem Schurink Jessica P Simons Christopher L. Skelly Emily Spangler Bjoern Dominik Suckow Matthew Sweet David Szalay Tze-Woei Tan Bryan Tillman Magdiel Trinidad Hernandez Brant W. Ullery Suresh Vedantham Chandu Vemuri Grace J Wang Mark Wheatcroft Mohamed Adel Zayed Kenneth Richard Ziegler Matthew S Edwards Bruce M Elliott Patrick J. Geraghty Sukgu M Han E. John Harris Donald L. Jacobs David N. Ku Judith C Lin Mahmoud Malas Marc E Mitchell Heron Rodriguez Oren K. Steinmetz Gian Franco Veraldi Statistical reviewersFinally, the Editors thank our statistical reviewers.Richard AmdurWilliam Scott HarmsenJay MandrekarEdward Joseph MaschaCharles Miller Finally, the Editors thank our statistical reviewers. Richard Amdur William Scott Harmsen Jay Mandrekar Edward Joseph Mascha Charles Miller JVS internsTabled 1InternMentorJessica M. MayorPaul DiMuzioAkiko TanakaKeith CalligaroAnand BrahmandamUlka SachdevShernaz S. DossabhoyThomas ForbesLaura M. DrudiAudra DuncanChristopher AuduAlan DardikElizabeth L. ChouGale Tang Open table in a new tab