Message From the Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Statistics and Best Reviewers Award for 2023
2024 Volume 88 Issue 2 Pages 179-181
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2024 Volume 88 Issue 2 Pages 179-181
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Circulation Journal, I am pleased to announce the editorial statistics for 2023, and the recipients of the Best Reviewers Awards for 2023.
As shown in Figure 1, we received 949 manuscripts in 2023, for publication in the Journal, including 700 Original papers (617 Clinical Investigation and 83 Experimental Investigation), 31 Review Articles (5 invited and 26 not-invited), 53 invited Editorial Comments, 22 Rapid Communications, and 130 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine. Approximately 3/5 were submitted from Japan, followed by China, Korea, Taiwan, and USA (Figure 2). The total number of submissions for the last 10 years is introduced in Figure 3. The above mentioned 5 countries have remained the top 5 countries in terms of paper submissions over that period (Figure 4).
The details of manuscripts submitted in 2023.
Countries submitting manuscripts in 2023.
The total number of submissions for the last 10 years.
The number of submissions for the last 10 years in top 5 countries.
In 2023, a total of 890 reviewers kindly reviewed the manuscripts submitted. In appreciation of their valuable contributions, we have selected the 22 Best Reviewers of the Year 2023 as follows:
| Hideki Ishii, MD (Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma) Number of reviews: 20 RPS: 114.0 Previous awards: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Koichi Inoue, MD (NHO Osaka National Hospital, Osaka) Number of reviews: 12 RPS: 82.0 Previous awards: 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| Naohiko Takahashi, MD (Oita University, Oita) Number of reviews: 14 RPS: 76.1 Previous awards: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Teruhiko Imamura, MD (University of Toyama, Toyama) Number of reviews: 13 RPS: 72.0 Previous awards: 2020 |
| Kentaro Yoshida, MD (University of Tsukuba / Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Ibaraki) Number of reviews: 10 RPS: 68.0 Previous awards: 2022 |
Yasushi Matsuzawa, MD (Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto) Number of reviews: 10 RPS: 60.0 Previous awards: 2022 |
| Eiichi Watanabe, MD (Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital, Aichi) Number of reviews: 9 RPS: 60.0 Previous awards: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Takahiro Okumura, MD (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi) Number of reviews: 10 RPS: 52.2 Previous awards: 2018, 2019, 2022 |
| Yohei Numasawa, MD (Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital, Tochigi) Number of reviews: 10 RPS: 49.3 Previous awards: 2022 |
Toshiyuki Nagai, MD (Hokkaido University, Hokkaido) Number of reviews: 8 RPS: 48.0 Previous awards: 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Yoshimasa Seike, MD (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka) Number of reviews: 8 RPS: 48.0 |
Keisuke Kida, MD (St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa) Number of reviews: 10 RPS: 44.1 Previous awards: 2021 |
| Hirohiko Ando, MD (Aichi Medical University, Aichi) Number of reviews: 8 RPS: 44.0 Previous awards: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 |
Eitaro Kodani, MD (Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo) Number of reviews: 7 RPS: 42.0 Previous awards: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Kenya Kusunose, MD (University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa) Number of reviews: 7 RPS: 42.0 Previous awards: 2021 |
Koji Miyamoto, MD (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka) Number of reviews: 7 RPS: 42.0 |
| Tadafumi Sugimoto, MD (Nagoya City University Mirai Kousei Hospital, Aichi) Number of reviews: 7 RPS: 42.0 |
Shiro Nakahara, MD (Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama) Number of reviews: 10 RPS: 41.4 Previous awards: 2018, 2021 |
| Yu Kataoka, MD (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka) Number of reviews: 8 RPS: 41.3 |
Ayako Kunimura, MD (Aichi Medical University, Aichi) Number of reviews: 8 RPS: 40.0 |
| Shinichi Niwano, MD (Kitasato University, Kanagawa) Number of reviews: 5 RPS: 40.0 Previous awards: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
Yoshio Tahara, MD (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka) Number of reviews: 7 RPS: 40.0 |
*The Reviewer Performance Score (RPS) is determined as follows for reviewers who made at least 6 reviews in 2023 (review time limit, 14 days):
*RPS = [(Number of reviews completed within 1 week) × 2 + (number of reviews completed within 2 weeks) × 1 + (number of reviews completed within 3 weeks) × 0.2] × quality of review (average) – (number of declined reviews) + (number of editorial comments published in the Journal) × 10.
The review quality of reviewers was evaluated for each manuscript by an Associate Editor who was in charge of the manuscript (range: 1~3) and the average score used.
Reviewers above will be awarded by the Japanese Circulation Society with a Certificate of Achievement and an honorarium.
In the year ahead in 2024, we expect a steady increase in the number of submissions, as well as an increase in the scientific impact of the Journal.
