On March 20th, 2024, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of Gynecology and Pelvic Medicine (GPM) (Figure 1) that the journal has been selected for inclusion in the Web of Science™ (WoS). Articles published in GPM after 2022, beginning with Vol 5, will be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), a product of WoS.
Figure 1. The letter from Clarivate
ESCI, initiated by Thomson Reuters in 2015, is currently managed by Clarivate Analytics. Clarivate Analytics has launched ESCI for expanding the scope of publications in WoS to include peer-reviewed publications of regional importance and in emerging scientific fields (1).
Journals in ESCI have passed an initial editorial evaluation and can continue to be considered for inclusion in products such as Science Citation Index Expanded™ (SCIE), the Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI), and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index® (AHCI) (1). All ESCI journals are indexed according to the same data standards, including cover-to-cover indexing, cited reference indexing, subject category assignment, and indexing all authors and addresses (1).
Established in May 2018, Gynecology and Pelvic Medicine (Gynecol Pelvic Med; GPM; ISSN 2617-4499) is an international peer-reviewed, open-access journal and the Official Journal of the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University/West China Women’s and Children’s Hospital, published by AME Publishing Company (Figure 2). GPM covers various aspects in the gynecology and pelvic medicine, including gynecological oncology, pelvic medicine, as well as benign gynecological disease.
Figure 2. The cover of the journal GPM
GPM has formed an internationalized editorial board (Figure 3) and has published 197 articles as of March 20th, 2024, including Review Articles, Original Articles, Case Reports, and Surgical Techniques, etc. (Figure 4). The journal has presented contributions from international authors (Figure 5), and its pageviews have exhibited a steady upward trend from 2018 to 2022, followed by a minor decline in 2023 (Figure 6). Notably, the journal features special series exploring various trending topics (Table 1).
Figure 3. International distribution of editorial board members (77 Members from 17 countries)
Figure 4. Proportions of Article Types (197 articles, including 11 article types)]
Figure 5. International distribution of corresponding authors (197 authors from 22 countries)
Figure 6. Website Pageviews (Results by Year)
Table 1. Special Series of GPM
GPM would not have achieved the remarkable milestone of being included in ESCI, without the continuous support and joint efforts from our distinguishing editorial board members, guest editors, authors, reviewers, readers, and the entire editorial team.
We want to express our sincere gratitude to all the contributors for their invaluable support. Moving forward, we are dedicated to publishing high-quality articles and advancing GPM towards new levels of success.
Reference
1. "ESCI Fact Sheet" (PDF). Clarivate.
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