With this month’s issue, we have reached yet another milestone in EuroIntervention’s illustrious history, namely the 100th issue. As the reader may know, the very first issue of the journal appeared in May 2005 and it has taken us a mere 11 years to amass 100 issues. It is truly amazing to reflect on the growth of the journal, from what now seems a conservative four issues in 2005, followed by the jump to eight issues in 2009, and then the leap to monthly issues in 2011, and now of course our most recent leap to 18 issues a year in 2016 (Figure 1). Within these 100 issues, including this current issue, we have published a remarkable 2,125 papers in 12,392 pages (Figure 2), which is an achievement I am truly proud of. In addition, I am sincerely honoured to lead an enthusiastic and dedicated Editorial Board, and I deeply appreciate and acknowledge the pool of committed reviewers and referees and, of course, I remain truly grateful for the trust and confidence of the submitting authors.
Figure 1. Progression of issues per volume. NB: Volume 12 commenced in May 2016.
Figure 2. Progression of pages and articles over the volumes. NB: Volume 12 commenced in May 2016.
While I am on the subject of statistics, at the EuroIntervention Editorial Board meeting last month during EuroPCR we presented data which suggest the growth of our journal will remain constant for the coming years. Our submissions have again increased this year by 12%, which translates to over 1,000 articles per year. While a steady 60% of these submissions come from Europe, the Asia-Pacific region accounts for 22% and North America accounts for 11%. Conversely, it is the North Americans who are the largest audience for the journal’s digital presence (17%), Germany is second (6.61 %), followed by Japan (6.33%), Italy (6.13%), United Kingdom (4.78%), China (4.75%) and India (4.62%). This year we have seen digital traffic on the EuroIntervention website continually increase, now by 28%!
Of course, we also presented data to the Board on the EuroIntervention thematic supplements. Aside from the annual supplement for the PCR London Valves meeting, last year we published an updated bifurcation supplement (the first version was published in December 2010). Strikingly, a significant number of papers in the new supplement surpassed even the best regular EuroIntervention research papers in 2015 in terms of downloads, which for me is a real solid metric of usage. Speaking of usage metrics, we continue to see a fantastic growth in usage across EuroIntervention’s various social media platforms and also an impressive PubMed linking (now at >10,000 per month).
In conclusion, after 100 issues, I can safely say on behalf of the EuroIntervention Editorial Board that it has been a wonderful experience and that we sincerely look forward to acquiring the experience of yet another 100 issues!
