Dear Reader,
As we reach the final issue of the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs for 2018, we wish to reflect on another successful year’s achievements, and to thank all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the high quality of our content.
2018 was a successful year for the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs. Over 45 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:
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Toth PP, Patti AM, Giglio RV, Nikolic D, Castellino G, Rizzo M, Banach M. Management of Statin Intolerance in 2018: Still More Questions Than Answers. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Jun;18(3):157-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-017-0259-7.
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Burks M, Stickel S, Galiè N. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Combination Therapy in Practice. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Aug;18(4):249-257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0272-5.
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Coghlan JG, Channick R, Chin K, Di Scala L, Galiè N, Ghofrani HA, Hoeper MM, Lang IM, McLaughlin V, Preiss R, Rubin LJ, Simonneau G, Sitbon O, Tapson V, Gaine S. Targeting the Prostacyclin Pathway with Selexipag in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Double Combination Therapy: Insights from the Randomized Controlled GRIPHON Study. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Feb;18(1):37-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-017-0262-z.
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Holubarsch CJF, Colucci WS, Eha J. Benefit-Risk Assessment of Crataegus Extract WS 1442: An Evidence-Based Review. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Feb;18(1):25-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-017-0249-9.
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Jansa P, Pulido T. Macitentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Focus on Combination Therapy in the SERAPHIN Trial. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Feb;18(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-017-0260-1.
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Anand I. Stable but Progressive Nature of Heart Failure: Considerations for Primary Care Physicians. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 May 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0277-0. [Epub ahead of print]
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Uchino Y, Watanabe M, Takata M, Amiya E, Tsushima K, Adachi T, Hiroi Y, Funazaki T, Komuro I. Effect of Oral Branched-Chain Amino Acids on Serum Albumin Concentration in Heart Failure Patients with Hypoalbuminemia: Results of a Preliminary Study. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Aug;18(4):327-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0269-0.
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Pogge EK, Davis LE. Evaluating the Safety and Tolerability of Sacubitril/Valsartan for HFrEF Managed Within a Pharmacist Clinic. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Apr;18(2):143-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0264-5.
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Varjabedian L, Bourji M, Pourafkari L, Nader ND. Cardioprotection by Metformin: Beneficial Effects Beyond Glucose Reduction. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Jun;18(3):181-193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0266-3.
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Chen X, Huang T, Cao X, Xu G. Comparative Efficacy of Drugs for Preventing Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery: A Network Meta-Analysis. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2018 Feb;18(1):49-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-017-0245-0.
Social media sharing of information is becoming more important and is another metric with which to measure the reach of articles. This year the following articles published in the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs scored highly on the Altmetric system:
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Varjabedian L, Bourji M, Pourafkari L, Nader ND. Cardioprotection by Metformin: Beneficial Effects Beyond Glucose Reduction.
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Holubarsch CJF, Colucci WS, Eha J. Benefit-Risk Assessment of Crataegus Extract WS 1442: An Evidence-Based Review.
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Cao YX, Liu HH, Li S, Li JJ. A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of PCSK9-Monoclonal Antibodies on Circulating Lipoprotein (a) Levels.
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Kapelios CJ, Bonou M, Vogiatzi P, Tzanis G, Mantzouratou P, Lund LH, Barbetseas J. Association Between High-Dose Spironolactone and Decongestion in Patients with Acute Heart Failure: An Observational Retrospective Study.
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Gee ME, Watkins AK, Brown JN, Young EJA. Ivabradine for the Treatment of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Systematic Review.
The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor (2.741). Based on this Impact Factor, the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs is ranked 57th in the ‘Cardiac & Cardiovascular System’ category (of 128 journals) and 115th in the ‘Pharmacology & Pharmacy’ category (of 261 journals).
Other journals in the Adis Premier Journals Portfolio (http://www.springer.com/gp/adis) continue to prosper with substantial increases in usage year on year. In addition, this year has seen Applied Health Economics and Health Policy receive its first impact factor.
We thank the authors who have contributed articles to the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs over the course of 2018. The skill and dedication of all authors are critical to the continued publication of the journal. The quality of published articles is also testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest possible standard. We would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs in the last 12 months:
Zanfina Ademi Delaney, Australia
Anis Ahmed, UK
Satoshi Akagi, Japan
Endalkahcew Admassie Alamneh, Australia
Joachim Alexandre, France
Marco Alings, The Netherlands
Ute Amann, Germany
Eisuke Amiya, Japan
Craig S. Anderson, Australia
Fabio Angeli, Italy
Dominick J. Angiolillo, USA
Anastasia L. Armbruster, USA
Kengo Ayabe, Japan
Maciej Banach, Poland
Dhrubajyoti Bandopadhyay, USA
Shweta Bansal, USA
Doris Barcellona, Italy
Nijole Bernaitis, Australia
Vicente Bertomeu-Gonzalez, Spain
Sonu Bhaskar, Australia
Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Italy
Patrick Blin, France
Juan L. Bonilla-Palomas, Spain
Giuseppe Boriani, Italy
Pravesh K. Bundhun, China
Laurence W. Busse, USA
Kristen B. Campbell, USA
Arvind Chaturvedi, India
Xi Chen, China
Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Italy
Andreia Coelho, Portugal
Nicholas L. Cruden, UK
Csaba A. Dézsi, Hungary
Jamshed Dalal, India
Lindsay E. Davis, USA
Kyle A. Davis, USA
Peter W. de Leeuw, The Netherlands
Renato De Vecchis, Italy
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, UK
Michael P. Dorsch, USA
Lisa Duffett, Canada
Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, France
Mark B. Effron, USA
Mikael Ekholm, Sweden
Alexander C. Fanaroff, USA
Harrison W. Farber, USA
Gisele Farias, Brazil
Gerrit Frommeyer, Germany
Hidekatsu Fukuta, Japan
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Australia
Freja S. Gaborit, Denmark
Michel Galinier, France
Alexander S. Gallus, Australia
Justin Gatwood, USA
David Giannandrea, Italy
Sebastiano Gili, Italy
Tyler Gluckman, USA
Carolina Gomes Freitas, Brazil
Diana A. Gorog, UK
Kenichi Goto, Japan
Israel Gotsman, Israel
Kendra J. Grubb, USA
Joo-Yong Hahn, Republic of Korea
Job Harenberg, Germany
William S. Harris, USA
Ramón C. Hermida, Spain
Inmaculada Hernandez, USA
Takeshi Horio, Japan
J. Wouter Jukema, The Netherlands
Jayant K. Kairi, India
Marta Kaluzna-Oleksy, Poland
Narongrit Kasemsap, Thailand
Mohammed Hasan Khan, USA
Safi U. Khan, USA
Sahil Khera, USA
Srividya Kidambi, USA
Masatake Kobayashi, France
Sung Woo Kwon, Republic of Korea
Tracey-Lea Laba, Australia
Irene M. Lang, Austria
Sukhyang Lee, Republic of Korea
Yau-Jiunn Lee, Taiwan, Republic of China
Xiaojuan Li, USA
Kueiyu J. Lin, USA
Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, USA
Yash Lokhandwala, India
Gerald J. Maarman, South Africa
Athanasios J. Manolis, Greece
Antonis S. Manolis, Greece
Ishak A. Mansi, USA
Nicola Maurea, Italy
Cian McCarthy, USA
Li-yan Miao, China
John S. Millar, USA
Sundeep Mishra, India
Tiny Nair, India
Stefan M. Nidorf, Australia
George Ntaios, Greece
Ryuichi Ogawa, Japan
Mitsutoshi Oguri, Japan
Toshitaka Okabe, Japan
Yoichiro Otaki, Japan
Xinshou Ouyang, USA
Mehmet Ozaydin, Turkey
Akhil Parashar, USA
Manan Pareek, USA
Elizabeth K. Pogge, USA
Harsh A. Rawal, USA
Kausik K. Ray, UK
Yogita Rochlani, USA
Francois Roubille, France
Antonia Sambola, Spain
Carlos G. Santos-Gallego, USA
Naoki Sato, Japan
Yanagisawa Satoshi, Japan
Adam J. Sawyer, USA
Begum Y. Sayın, Turkey
Stephan H. Schirmer, Germany
Ulf Schoenermarck, Germany
C. Mary Schooling, USA
Martin Schulz, Germany
Maurizio Sessa, Italy
Rika Shimada, Japan
Tetsuo Shioi, Japan
Nika Skoro-Sajer, Austria
Anastasia Slobodnick, USA
Francesco Summaria, Italy
Edward Sze, USA
Abir Tadmouri, France
Yi-Da Tang, China
Shigemasa Tani, Japan
Thenappan Thenappan, USA
Gaetano Thiene, Italy
Howard Thom, UK
Dietmar Trenk, Germany
Javier Trujillo-Santos, Spain
Yune-Fang Ueng, Taiwan, Republic of China
Leon van den Toorn, The Netherlands
Guijing Wang, USA
Jason H. Wasfy, USA
Kristin Watson, USA
Gerald F. Watts, Australia
Xuerong Wen, USA
Brian White-Guay, Canada
Cheuk-Kit Wong, China
Zheng-yuan Xia, China
Syed W. Yusuf, USA
Kan Zen, Japan
Henry Zhao, Australia
In addition, we would like to thank the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes:
A. Michael Lincoff, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA [Consulting Editor]
Balram Bhargava, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Deepak L. Bhatt, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart & Vascular Center, Boston, MA, USA
Prakash C. Deedwania, University of California at San Francisco, Fresno, CA, USA
Naranjan S. Dhalla, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Phillip A. Erwin, South Miami Heart Specialists, South Miami, FL, USA
Arthur M. Feldman, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Valentin Fuster, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Xavier Girerd, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Sidney Goldstein, Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
Joseph A. Hill, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Gowraganahalli Jagadeesh, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Neal S. Kleiman, The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, TX, USA
Antoine Lafont, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
Thierry H. Le Jemtel, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA, USA
Frans H.H. Leenen, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mario Marzilli, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Venu Menon, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Gilles Montalescot, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
Doralisa Morrone, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Stephen G. Nicholls, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, SA, Australia
Ali Oto, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Bertram Pitt, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Silvia G. Priori, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
C. Venkata S. Ram, Texas Blood Pressure Institute, Dallas, TX, USA
Gianpaolo Reboldi, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Gaetano Santulli, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Johanne Silvain, Institut de Cardiologie, Paris, France
Kewal K. Talwar, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
Michal Tendera, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Udho Thadani, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Alec Vahanian, Groupe Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France
George W. Vetrovec, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Michael A. Weber, State University of New York, New York, NY, USA
William S. Weintraub, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, USA
Harvey D. White, Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Nathen D. Wong, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2019 is well under way, and we are looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year.
With best wishes,
Amitabh Prakash
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 18, 423–426 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0311-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0311-2