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Review
. 2022 Dec 31;24(1):75.
doi: 10.1186/s12968-022-00909-6.

2021-2022 state of our JCMR

Warren J Manning  1
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Review

2021-2022 state of our JCMR

Warren J Manning. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. .

Abstract

In 2021, there were 136 articles published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR), including 122 original research papers, six reviews, four technical notes, one Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) guideline, one SCMR position paper, one study protocol, and one obituary (Nathaniel Reichek). The volume was up 53% from 2020 (n = 89) with a corresponding 21% decrease in manuscript submissions from 435 to 345. This led to an increase in the acceptance rate from 24 to 32%. The quality of the submissions continues to be high. The 2021 JCMR Impact Factor (which is released in June 2022) markedly increased from 5.41 to 6.90 placing us in the top quartile of Society and cardiac imaging journals. Our 5 year impact factor similarly increased from 6.52 to 7.25. Fifteen years ago, the JCMR was at the forefront of medical and medical society journal migration to the Open-Access format. The Open-Access system has dramatically increased the availability and JCMR citation. Full-text article requests in 2021 approached 1.5 M!. As I have mentioned, it takes a village to run a journal. JCMR is very fortunate to have a group of very dedicated Associate Editors, Guest Editors, Journal Club Editors, and Reviewers. I thank each of them for their efforts to ensure that the review process occurs in a timely and responsible manner. These efforts have allowed the JCMR to continue as the premier journal of our field. My role, and the entire editorial process would not be possible without the ongoing high dedication and efforts of our managing editor, Jennifer Rodriguez. Her premier organizational skills have allowed for streamlining of the review process and marked improvement in our time-to-decision (see later). As I conclude my 6th and final year as your editor-in-chief, I thank you for entrusting me with the JCMR editorship and appreciate the time I have had at the helm. I am very confident that our Journal will reach new heights under the stewardship of Dr. Tim Leiner, currently at the Mayo Clinic with a seamless transition occurring as I write this in late November. I hope that you will continue to send your very best, high quality CMR manuscripts to JCMR, and that our readers will continue to look to JCMR for the very best/state-of-the-art CMR publications.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that they have no competing interests.

Figures

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Pie charts for 2021 Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR) origin country for (A) submissions and (B) publications
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A Inaugural (1999–2005) JCMR editor-in-chief, Dr. Gerald M. Pohost. B first JCMR print issue (C) second editor-in-Chief, Professor Dudley Pennell (2006–2016), D Dr. Tim Leiner will be the 4th JCMR editor-in-chief effective 1/1/2013
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Jennifer Rodriguez, JCMR managing editor since January 2021
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2020–2022 JCMR Journal Club editors: Drs. Raymond Kwong, Scott Flamm, Matthias Stuber. Ms. Sarah Mania has been the JCMR Journal Club Managing Editor since mid-2021
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WordCloud of (A) 2020 and (B) 2021 JCMR manuscript titles
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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