On March 20, 2024, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of The Annals of Esophagus (AOE) that the journal met the selection criteria necessary to be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Articles published in AOE after 2021, beginning with Vol 5, will be included in Emerging Sources Citation Index.
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) is a citation index produced since 2015 by Thomson Reuters and now by Clarivate. According to the publisher, the index includes "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 SCIE, SSCI, and 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).
Launched in January 2018, The Annals of Esophagus (Ann Esophagus; AOE; ISSN: 2616-2784) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal focusing on basic and clinical research in all fields pertaining to the esophagus. In addition to esophageal cancers, Barrett's esophagus, gastroesophageal reflux disease, achalasia, hiatal hernias, esophagitis, congenital esophageal disease, esophageal diverticulum, esophageal perforation, benign esophageal neoplasms, and other rare esophageal malignancies are in the scope of AOE.(Figure 1)
Figure 1. The confirmation letter
With great efforts from the Editor-in-Chief, editorial board members, authors, reviewers, and the entire editorial team, AOE has published 215 articles as of December 31st, 2023, including 148 Original Articles, 37 Review Articles, and 8 Case Reports. We herein would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all the contributors. We will continue striving to publish high-quality articles and bring AOE to the forefront.
Reference
1. "ESCI Fact Sheet" (PDF). Clarivate.
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