editorial
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Good news and best wishes for 2016 to the global nephrology community from Kidney International Kidney International (2016) 89, 2; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2015.10.005 ª 2016 International Society of Nephrology
idney International is entering its 45th year of publication as the flagship journal of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), and we are happy to report that it continues to be a remarkable success story. KI continues to rank among the top nephrology journals, with a persistent rise in Impact Factor from 6.105 in 2010 to 8.563 in 2014, the latest available Impact Factor. The growing impact of KI is also reflected by the 27% increase in visits to our website, with more than 3 million visits in 2015. The popularity of KI in the nephrology community is further apparent by the submission of an average of 130 articles to KI each month, representing an increase of 7% over 2014. So KI is doing well, but success is not a selfsustaining condition and constantly requires adaptation to new developments and changing conditions. For 2016 the ISN and KI have therefore initiated a number of changes. First and foremost, the publisher for the ISN journals has changed from Nature Publishing Group to Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services. For the reader of KI this will barely be perceptible, as the excellent quality and layout will continue as before, with some additional improvements in accessibility. For example, KI will benefit from a customizable website built on a state-of-the-art platform at www.kidney-international.org. The website will offer enhanced features such as most-read and most-cited articles, dynamic article collections, multimedia content, semantic search, and a mobile-optimized view. An ISN journals–branded mobile application will be available for both Apple and Android devices for ISN members and other individual subscribers. KI will also be included on
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Detlef Schlöndorff, Editor-in-Chief of KI1, Jai Radhakrishnan, Associate Editor of KI and Founding Editor of KI Reports, Christina Wyatt, Associate Editor of KI for KI Nephrology Digest, Bertram Kasiske, Chair of the ISN Publication Committee and David Harris, PresidentElect of the ISN 1 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York, New York, USA Correspondence: Detlef Schlöndorff, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1243, New York, New York 10029, USA. E-mail:
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ScienceDirect, Elsevier’s leading online information solution for institutional users, which will provide unrivaled visibility, profile, and market penetration worldwide. The editors of KI have also added a new feature to help the busy reader get a quick and critical evaluation of new and exciting developments in nephrology. In a new section called Nephrology Digest, high-impact publications and presentations from outside of KI will be summarized and discussed in the context of the existing literature, with a focus on potential implications for clinical care or research in nephrology. This new section will be edited by Associate Editor Christina Wyatt, with contributions from experts in the specific subject areas. The editorials in Nephrology Digest will be in addition to and complement the brief article summaries in Journal Club and the Commentaries on articles published in KI. Furthermore, in early 2016 the ISN and Elsevier will launch an online-only open-access journal named Kidney International Reports. Jai Radhakrishnan, presently Associate Editor of KI, will serve as its founding editor. KI Reports will accept submission of original clinical and select translational research articles and other varieties of manuscripts related to kidney disease. Upon acceptance, these will be made freely available online to all. With these additions and improvements, we plan to maintain KI as the preeminent journal of the international nephrology community. We also hope to expand the possibilities for the community to publish articles relevant to kidney diseases in a global perspective in KI Reports. We look forward to an exciting year, with best wishes for success and happiness for the global nephrology community.
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