From the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Editorial Office and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2017 Dec 28;19(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12968-017-0423-x.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR) is the official publication of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR). In 2016, the JCMR published 93 manuscripts, including 80 research papers, 6 reviews, 5 technical notes, 1 protocol, and 1 case report. The number of manuscripts published was similar to 2015 though with a 12% increase in manuscript submissions to an all-time high of 369. This reflects a decrease in the overall acceptance rate to <25% (excluding solicited reviews). The quality of submissions to JCMR continues to be high. The 2016 JCMR Impact Factor (which is published in June 2016 by Thomson Reuters) was steady at 5.601 (vs. 5.71 for 2015; as published in June 2016), which is the second highest impact factor ever recorded for JCMR. The 2016 impact factor means that the JCMR papers that were published in 2014 and 2015 were on-average cited 5.71 times in 2016.In accordance with Open-Access publishing of Biomed Central, the JCMR articles are published on-line in the order that they are accepted with no collating of the articles into sections or special thematic issues. For this reason, over the years, the Editors have felt that it is useful to annually summarize the publications into broad areas of interest or themes, so that readers can view areas of interest in a single article in relation to each other and other recent JCMR articles. The papers are presented in broad themes with previously published JCMR papers to guide continuity of thought in the journal. In addition, I have elected to open this publication with information for the readership regarding the transition of the JCMR editorial office to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and the editorial process.Though there is an author publication charge (APC) associated with open-access to cover the publisher's expenses, this format provides a much wider distribution/availability of the author's work and greater manuscript citation. For SCMR members, there is a substantial discount in the APC. I hope that you will continue to send your high quality manuscripts to JCMR for consideration. Importantly, I also ask that you consider referencing recent JCMR publications in your submissions to the JCMR and elsewhere as these contribute to our impact factor. I also thank our dedicated Associate Editors, Guest Editors, and reviewers for their many efforts to ensure that the review process occurs in a timely and responsible manner and that the JCMR continues to be recognized as the leading publication in our field.
《心血管磁共振杂志》（JCMR）是心血管磁共振学会（SCMR）的官方出版物。2016 年，JCMR 发表了 93 篇论文，其中包括 80 篇研究论文、6 篇综述、5 篇技术说明、1 篇方案和 1 篇病例报告。发表的论文数量与 2015 年相似，但投稿数量增加了 12%，达到创纪录的 369 篇。这反映出总体接受率下降到<25%（不包括特邀评论）。投稿到 JCMR 的论文质量仍然很高。2016 年 JCMR 影响因子（由汤森路透于 2016 年 6 月公布）稳定在 5.601（2015 年为 5.71；2016 年 6 月公布），是 JCMR 有史以来第二高的影响因子。2016 年的影响因子意味着，2014 年和 2015 年发表的 JCMR 论文在 2016 年平均被引用 5.71 次。根据生物医学中心的开放获取出版，JCMR 文章按照接受的顺序在线发表，没有将文章整理成部分或特别主题问题。出于这个原因，多年来，编辑们一直认为，每年将出版物总结为广泛的兴趣领域或主题，以便读者可以在彼此之间以及其他最近的 JCMR 文章中查看感兴趣的领域，这是很有用的。这些论文以广泛的主题呈现，与之前发表的 JCMR 论文一起，指导期刊的连贯性。此外，我选择在这篇文章的开头提供有关 JCMR 编辑办公室过渡到波士顿贝斯以色列女执事医疗中心和编辑过程的信息，以供读者参考。虽然与开放获取相关的作者出版费（APC）用于支付出版商的费用，但这种格式提供了更广泛的作者作品的传播/可用性，以及更多的稿件引用。对于 SCMR 会员，APC 有很大的折扣。我希望您继续向 JCMR 提交高质量的稿件供考虑。重要的是，我还要求您在向 JCMR 及其他地方投稿时考虑引用最近的 JCMR 出版物，因为这有助于提高我们的影响因子。我还要感谢我们敬业的副编辑、客座编辑和审稿人，他们为确保审稿过程及时、负责地进行，以及确保 JCMR 继续被公认为我们领域的领先出版物，付出了很多努力。
