The Evolution of Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society from 2017 to 2020 : The Beginning of a Great Development

Abstract

Every researcher wants their research to gain more recognition, and this desire is achieved by publishing their article in a journal with higher impact. It is very important to get researchers interested in the Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society (JKNS). Therefore, the first goal was to promote the publication of papers in our journal. To do this, a table of contents was sent out, and the citation ranking was announced every 2 months. Several efforts have been made to publish good papers. Foreign speakers, who were invited to a conference hosted by the Korean Neurosurgical Society were contacted and politely requested to write a paper addressing their recent research. Domestic and international researchers highly renowned in their fields were also contacted to submit their novel works to our journal. The journal impact factor of our journal has continued to rise for the last 3 years and reached 1.376 in 2019. It can be said that the JKNS is now competitive with other international neurosurgery journals. These achievements were not due to the efforts of the editorial boards alone. This was because our society members have submitted very good papers, and because many of our members have cited the papers published in our journal. We believe that this will continue in the future. The next step of evolution of the JKNS has begun, and this is the beginning of another great development.

Keywords: Journal impact factor; Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society; Publications.

Fig. 1.

Three components are required to build a high-quality journal. The combination of these factors allows for a scientific journal to gain more recognition, which is presented as an impact factor.

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Program lists of the practical workshop during the 58th Annual meeting of the Korean Neurosurgical Society on Oct. 11, 2018. This workshop program embodied how we used strategic thinking to improve the quality of the Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society (JKNS).

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Mailing forms of the “table of contents” and “citation ranking” of the Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society (JKNS). The promotion of current JKNS news was the most basic step that the editorial board could take to evolve the journal.

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The impact factor of the JKNS has continuously increased over the last 5 years. In 2019, the impact factor of the JKNS was rated as 1.376.