VATS Annual Report (2023)

Till December 31, 2023, VATS has a total of 77 Editorial Board Members from 14 countries. 46 articles have been published last year with 21 Review Article, 7 Surgical Technique, 7 Editorial Commentary, 4 Case Report, 4 Editorial and 3 Original Article. Corresponding authors came from 15 countries, with mostly from USA, Japan and Italy. According to the Google Analytics, VATS drew the attention of 32,440 visitors and accumulated 90,126 pageviews in the past year, with the majority coming from the USA, followed by China, UK, India and Canada. For a comprehensive overview, please refer to the detailed report below.

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 2022 CiteScore Released: 0.3

We are pleased to announce that the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 0.3, ranking 435 out of 495 journals in the Surgery category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

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The First Impact Factor for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: 0.2

We are pleased to announce that Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has attained its first impact factor for the 2022 citation year: 0.2 (Figure 1).

The journal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS, Video-assist Thorac Surg, Online ISSN: 2519-0792; vats.amegroups.org) is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to reporting cutting-edge findings and applications of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).

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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2023)

In 2023, many VATS authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

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