Yang Hee-Jin
Ethics Editor, Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society; Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2019 Mar;62(2):131-135. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2018.0197. Epub 2019 Feb 27.
In the circumstances of overflowing numbers of medical journals, progress of their own medical journal is one of the primary concerns of many medical societies. Among the 46-year-history of Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society (JKNS), it undertook a period of important transition and preparation to take off for journal with international reputation during the period from 2001 to 2006. The overall process of manuscript handling, peer review, and editorial work has undergone systematic improvement. Workshops for authors, reviewer and editors were held, which were very helpful to improve the quality of submitted manuscript, peer review and editorial processing. Articles on the history, current status of the JKNS, citations and the change of proportion of types of articles were published, which provided insight about present condition and direction for further progress. It was changed into English journal in 2005. These efforts resulted in registration of the journal Chemical Abstract Service in 2005 and Science Citation Index Expanded in 2008 and SCOPUS in 2009. Now JKNS has become international journal, with about half of the submitted manuscripts from abroad, with increasing impact factor. Along with the effort of Korean Neurosurgical Society (KNS) members and support of KNS, dedication of Professor Dong Gyu Kim for the progress of JKNS is worth remembering, who served as Editor-in-Chief of JKNS during this period.
在医学期刊数量泛滥的情况下，办好自身的医学期刊是许多医学学会的首要关注点之一。在《韩国神经外科学会杂志》（JKNS）46年的历史中，2001年至2006年期间经历了一段重要的转型和筹备期，以向具有国际声誉的期刊迈进。稿件处理、同行评审和编辑工作的整个流程都得到了系统的改进。举办了面向作者、审稿人和编辑的研讨会，这对提高投稿质量、同行评审和编辑处理非常有帮助。发表了关于JKNS的历史、现状、引用情况以及文章类型比例变化的文章，这为了解当前状况和进一步发展方向提供了见解。2005年它改为英文期刊。这些努力使得该期刊在2005年被化学文摘服务社收录，2008年被科学引文索引扩展版收录，2009年被Scopus收录。如今JKNS已成为国际期刊，约一半的投稿来自国外，影响因子也在不断提高。在韩国神经外科学会（KNS）成员的努力和KNS的支持下，董奎·金教授在此期间担任JKNS主编，他为JKNS的发展所做的贡献值得铭记。
