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Farewell to a year of challenges and opportunities

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 72; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jvs.2020.10.016

1097-6809

Péter Gloviczki, Peter F. Lawrence,

Vascular Procedures and Complications

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.—Martin Luther King Jr As we say farewell to the year of 2020, we would like to thank our readers, authors, and reviewers for their continuous support and contributions. In 2020, the world has changed in so many ways and our journal has also faced multiple challenges. As our colleagues began treating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Journal's editors, reviewers, and staff responded swiftly to the need to accelerate relevant life-saving publications and simultaneously manage the sudden and substantial increase in submitted manuscripts. We also faced strong public reaction to one of our articles, and we worked quickly to retract the publication and to evaluate and address the issues within our system that allowed the article to be published. The COVID-19 crisis has been the most impactful healthcare challenge in the past 100 years. The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) rapidly provided critical information related to COVID-19 and vascular disease. We fast-tracked COVID-19 papers, and, so far in 2020, we have published 71 articles, editorials, and letters reporting not only on COVID-19-related clinical research but also on novel systems developed around the world to improve the care of patients with COVID-19 and vascular disease. We published articles on the effects of COVID-19 in patients with preexisting vascular disease and the effects in those patients with COVID-19 who, without a history of vascular disease, become hypercoagulable and developed arterial or venous thromboses, contributing to limb loss or organ failure and resulting in many of the 227,000 deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States. Vascular surgeons and vascular specialists all around the world have provided expert care to thousands of patients during the pandemic. We honor them for their dedication to our profession and to our patients. We were confronted with a number of challenges related to the publication and ultimate retraction of an article on unprofessional social media content by young vascular surgeons, published in the August 2020 issue of the JVS.1Hardouin S. Cheng T.W. Mitchell E.L. Raulli S.J. Jones D.W. Siracuse J.J. et al.Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons.J Vasc Surg. 2020; 72: 667-671Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (58) Google Scholar Although our analysis concluded that the authors, reviewers, and editors did not intend to offend or diminish women or younger vascular surgeons, the article and the surrounding public debate did reveal the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the JVS editorial leadership, editorial board, and the peer review system, the unconscious bias that exists in many editorial boards, including our own, and the changing definition of professionalism.2Gloviczki P. Lawrence P. Commitment to increase diversity and address unconscious bias.J Vasc Surg. 2020; 72: 1515Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (8) Google Scholar We used this event as an opportunity to introduce changes in our editorial and peer review system. After receiving an exceptional group of applications, including 12 men and 10 women, we selected Dr Ulka Sachdev-Ost as a new Associate Editor of the JVS with a focus on DEI. We also selected Dr Audra A. Duncan as a new Assistant Editor for reviews. Dr Duncan will take over in 2021 this challenging task from Dr Michael C. Dalsing, who provided outstanding service to JVS for many years. Most importantly, we increased the number of women JVS Editorial Board Members from 5 to 16, for a 25% representation of women surgeons on our Editorial Board. We also increased the diversity of our reviewers, expanded expertise options to include social issues, and created a “check box” for bias for each submission. To improve equity in the editorial and peer review system, we joined the Call to Action to All Surgery Journal Editors for Diversity in the Editorial and Peer Review Process.3Kibbe MR, Freischlag J. Call to action to all surgery journal editors for diversity in the editorial and peer review process [published online ahead of print August 31, 2020]. JAMA Surg doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.4549.Google Scholar In 2021, we will address the conscious and unconscious bias, DEI, and the changing definition of medical professionalism in a series of editorials and special articles. We will start a JVS internship for trainees and we will work with the DEI Committee of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) to implement and monitor each of these changes. In 2020, the JVS performed very well, with an increase in our impact factor from 3.243 in 2018 to 3.405 in 2019. For submitting so many outstanding manuscripts, we are grateful to all our authors. The top 10 papers, published in 2017 to 2018 and most cited during 2019, that contributed to our most recent impact factor are shown in the Table.TableTop 10 cited articles in 2019, published in 2017 to 20186Chaikof E.L. Dalman R.L. Eskandari M.K. Jackson B.M. Lee W.A. Mansour M.A. et al.The Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines on the care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm.J Vasc Surg. 2018; 67: 2-77.e2Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (957) Google Scholar, 7Oderich G.S. Ribeiro M. Hofer J. Wigham J. Cha S. Chini J. et al.Prospective, nonrandomized study to evaluate endovascular repair of pararenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using fenestrated-branched endografts based on supraceliac sealing zones.J Vasc Surg. 2017; 65: 1249-1259.e10Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (16) Google Scholar, 8Zettervall S.L. Schermerhorn M.L. Soden P.A. McCallum J.C. Shean K.E. Deery S.E. et al.The effect of surgeon and hospital volume on mortality after open and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms.J Vasc Surg. 2017; 65: 626-634Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (103) Google Scholar, 9Muetterties C.E. Menon R. Wheatley 3rd, G.H. A systematic review of primary endovascular repair of the ascending aorta.J Vasc Surg. 2018; 67: 332-342Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (58) Google Scholar, 10Deery S.E. Soden P.A. Zettervall S.L. Shean K.E. Bodewes T.C.F. Pothof A.B. et al.Sex differences in mortality and morbidity following repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms [published correction appears in J Vasc Surg 2017;65:1874].J Vasc Surg. 2017; 2017: 1006-1013Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (82) Google Scholar, 11Spear R. Hertault A. Van Calster K. Settembre N. Delloye M. Azzaoui R. et al.Complex endovascular repair of postdissection arch and thoracoabdominal aneurysms.J Vasc Surg. 2018; 67: 685-693Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (62) Google Scholar, 12Galyfos G.C. Geropapas G.E. Sianou A. Sigala F. Filis K. Risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients undergoing vascular surgery.J Vasc Surg. 2017; 66: 937-946Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (46) Google Scholar, 13Schneider D.B. Matsumura J.S. Lee J.T. Peterson B.G. Chaer R.A. Oderich G.S. Prospective, multicenter study of endovascular repair of aortoiliac and iliac aneurysms using the Gore Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis.J Vasc Surg. 2017; 66: 775-785Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (57) Google Scholar, 14Mathioudakis N. Hicks C.W. Canner J.K. Sherman R.L. Hines K.F. Lum Y.W. et al.The Society for Vascular Surgery Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) classification system predicts wound healing but not major amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcers treated in a multidisciplinary setting.J Vasc Surg. 2017; 65: 1698-1705.e1Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (56) Google Scholar, 15Mallios A. Jennings W.C. Boura B. Costanzo A. Bourquelot P. Combes M. Early results of percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation with the Ellipsys Vascular Access System.J Vasc Surg. 2018; 68: 1150-1156Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (55) Google ScholarRankYearDocument titleAuthors2019 CitesAll cites12018The Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines on the care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysmChaikof EL, Dalman RL, Eskandari MK, Jackson BM, Lee WA, Mansour MA, Mastracci TM, Mell M, Murad MH, Nguyen LL, Oderich GS, Patel MS, Schermerhorn ML, Starnes BW14840222017Prospective, nonrandomized study to evaluate endovascular repair of pararenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using fenestrated-branched endografts based on supraceliac sealing zonesOderich GS, Ribeiro M, Hofer J, Wigham J, Cha S, Chini J, Macedo TA, Gloviczki P319432017The effect of surgeon and hospital volume on mortality after open and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysmsZettervall SL, Schermerhorn ML, Soden PA, McCallum JC, Shean KE, Deery SE, O'Malley AJ, Landon B196942018A systematic review of primary endovascular repair of the ascending aortaMuetterties CE, Menon R, Wheatley GH163252017Sex differences in mortality and morbidity following repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysmsDeery SE, Soden PA, Zettervall SL, Shean KE, Bodewes TCF, Pothof AB, Lo RC, Schermerhorn ML165162018Complex endovascular repair of postdissection arch and thoracoabdominal aneurysmsSpear R, Hertault A, Van Calster K, Settembre N, Delloye M, Azzaoui R, Sobocinski J, Fabre D, Tyrrell M, Haulon S153972017Risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients undergoing vascular surgeryGalyfos GC, Geropapas GE, Sianou A, Sigala F, Filis K152882017Prospective, multicenter study of endovascular repair of aortoiliac and iliac aneurysms using the Gore Iliac Branch EndoprosthesisSchneider DB, Matsumura JS, Lee JT, Peterson BG, Chaer RA, Oderich GS153692017The Society for Vascular Surgery Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) classification system predicts wound healing but not major amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcers treated in a multidisciplinary settingMathioudakis N, Hicks CW, Canner JK, Sherman RL, Hines KF, Lum YW, Perler BA, Abularrage CJ1538102018Early results of percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation with the Ellipsys Vascular Access SystemMallios A, Jennings WC, Boura B, Costanzo A, Bourquelot P, Combes M1430 Open table in a new tab Social media has been important in 2020, not only for distributing scientific information published in the JVS, but also to learn about public opinion and the controversies surrounding our retracted publication. The JVS has 4290 Facebook, 5892 Twitter, and 16,297 LinkedIn followers. In 2020, an estimated 1,308,191 text downloads and 83,602 average monthly visits to our website, www.jvascsurg.org, occurred. An important development in 2020 was also the recording of podcasts by Audible Bleeding, with a very strong following of JVS readers who use podcasts for their education. Two important SVS documents published in 2020 deserve special recognition. The Society for Vascular Surgery and Society for Thoracic Surgeons reporting standards for type B aortic dissections,4Lombardi J.V. Hughes G.C. Appoo J.J. Bavaria J.E. Beck A.W. Cambria R.P. et al.Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) reporting standards for type B aortic dissections.J Vasc Surg. 2020; 71: 723-747Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (130) Google Scholar authored by Lombardi, Hughes, and colleagues defines a new nomenclature of type B aortic dissections that includes the aortic arch and describes how to report chronicity and complications of dissections. The long-awaited Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines on the management of visceral aneurysms,5Oderich GS, Forbes TL, Chaer R, Davies MG, Lindsay TF, Mastracci T, et al. Reporting standards for endovascular aortic repair of aneurysms involving the renal-mesenteric arteries [published online ahead of print June 29, 2020]. J Vasc Surg doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.06.011.Google Scholar authored by Rabih Chaer and his committee, includes evidence-based diameter thresholds for repair of different visceral aneurysms and recommends both open surgical and endovascular strategies for clinicians who treat these patients. In 2020, the JVS evolved, as it met considerable challenges and used them as opportunities to transform and progress. No change would have been possible without the enthusiastic support of our dedicated and hardworking JVS team, and we are extremely grateful to our editorial staff, Tyler Cosgrove and Carlee Green, Managing Editor, Alexandria Sese, and, in particular, our Senior Managing Editor, Jessica McEwan. We also greatly appreciate the contributions of our Associate Editors, Thomas Forbes, Fred Weaver, and Alan Dardik, and our Assistant Editors, Keith Calligaro, Michael Dalsing, Paul DiMuzio, and Daniel Han. We are thankful to our editorial board members, reviewers, and the contributing authors from around the world. We are also grateful to the SVS and to the sponsoring societies who support our journal. As we continue to provide you with papers in the best international scientific journal on vascular disease, we also assure you of our commitment to a new spirit of diversity, equity, and inclusion, a change we embrace. As we say farewell to 2020, we welcome the new year, 2021, and wish you and your families all the best. We are ready for the new challenges for our journal in vascular disease management. Peer review is essential to validate the credibility of scientific research by others working in the same field. The goal is to maintain the integrity of science, to improve the quality of the manuscripts, and to provide valuable input to the editors who decide the fate of the manuscripts. Peer reviewers work extra time, without compensation; they unselfishly provide expertise to our journals. We are extremely grateful for our expert reviewers for their valuable contributions. We are blessed to have excellent Associate and Assistant Editors, who helped us in 2020 to manage the increasing number of submissions, without compromising the high quality of the articles published in the JVS. Drs Thomas L. Forbes and Fred A. Weaver served as Associate Editors for Clinical Studies and made key decisions on hundreds of manuscripts. We are thankful for the expert contributions of our Associate Editor for Basic Science, Dr Alan Dardik, who also started in his new role as Editor of JVS-Vascular Science. We are indebted to Dr Keith Calligaro, for his insightful commentaries and great summaries of important non-JVS publications on vascular disease management in our Vascular Vantage Point and for his book reviews. We are also thankful to Dr Michael C. Dalsing for his expert help as Assistant Editor of Reviews and for his many years of service to the JVS. As he graciously opened up his position to new candidates for a leadership position, we wish him well in leading the SVS to new heights in the new future. Dr Paul J. DiMuzio, Editor for Social Media and Press Releases, with the help of Assistant Editor Dr Daniel Han, increased our online readership tremendously on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. We thank them for their valuable contribution to press releases, the JVS Journal Club, and the increasingly popular new feature of Visual Abstracts. We are thankful for the valuable contributions made by our excellent Editorial Board. Board members in 2020 performed an average of 17 reviews, which accounted for 40% of all the reviews performed for the JVS. In addition to the review and repeat review of a large number of original articles, our editorial board members frequently contributed to the JVS with commentaries and editorials. The Editors would like to recognize the significant contributions of those Editorial Board members who, after many years of valuable service, will be retiring from the Board this month. We also would like to welcome the new members of the Editorial Board of JVS and JVS-CIT (Cases and Innovative Techniques), who will start their assignments in January of 2021. Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam Christopher J. Abularrage Adam W. Beck Stephen W. K. Cheng Jayer Chung Daniel G. Clair David L. Dawson Hasan Haldun Dosluoglu Matthew J. Dougherty Luc Dubois Audra A. Duncan Matthew J. Eagleton Eric David Endean Luke S. Erdoes Spencer Galt Hugh Gelabert Jerry Goldstone Philip P. Goodney Karl A. Illig William D. Jordan Vikram S. Kashyap Gregory J. Landry Thomas F. Lindsay Thomas G. Lynch M. Ashraf Mansour Tara M. Mastracci Joseph L. Mills J. Gregory Modrall Gustavo S. Oderich Takao Ohki Lakshmikumar Pillai William J. Quinones-Baldrich Ravi R. Rajani Timothy A. Resch Russell H. Samson Marc L. Schermerhorn Joseph R. Schneider Lewis B. Schwartz Claudie Mcarthur Sheahan Jeffrey J. Siracuse Matthew R. Smeds Benjamin Ware Starnes David H. Stone Gale L. Tang Karen Woo Zachary M. Arthurs Hans-Henning Eckstein Alik Farber G. Matthew Longo George H. Meier A. Ross Naylor Robert B. Patterson Michael J. Rohrer Andres Schanzer Gilbert R. Upchurch Trissa Babrowski Kellie R. Brown Venita Chandra Randall R. DeMartino Ellen Dillavou Linda Harris Stephan Haulon Caitlin W. Hicks Misty D. Humphries Jeanwan Kang Robyn Macsata Jesse Manunga Naiem Nassiri Todd E. Rasmussen Amy B. Reed Vincent L. Rowe Sherene Shalhub The Editors would like to recognize the Distinguished Reviewers of the JVS, who have performed more than five reviews during the review period between January and September 2020, and consistently performed the highest rated and timely reviews. Distinguished Reviewers contributed 40% of all reviews. We thank their efforts to assure a high-quality peer review process. Ali F. AbuRahma James B. Alexander Joseph Patrick Archie Joshua David Arnold Faisal Aziz Martin R. Back Jeffrey L. Ballard Dennis F. Bandyk Donald Baril Neal R. Barshes Jonathan Bath Carlos Fares Bechara Jean-Pierre Becquemin Michael Belkin Scott S. Berman Daniel J. Bertges Haraldur Bjarnason Jan D. Blankensteijn Luke P. Brewster Benjamin Sands Brooke Thomas E. Brothers Jacob Buth Keith D. Calligaro Jae Sung Cho John D. Corson Michael C. Dalsing R.Clement Darling, III Mark G. Davies Paul Joseph DiMuzio Magruder C. Donaldson Mario D'Oria John F. Eidt Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen James R. Elmore Mark K. Eskandari Darwin Eton Bram Fioole Thomas L. Forbes Richard J. Fowl Robert P. Garvin Alexander Gombert Randolph P. Guzman Sukgu M. Han John P. Harris Joseph Patrick Hart Dean A. Healy Peter K. Henke Anil Hingorani Thomas S. Huber Justin Hurie Glenn R. Jacobowitz Tilo Kolbel Manju Kalra Steven G. Katz Lois A. Killewich Martyn Knowles Ted R. Kohler Ralf R. Kolvenbach Kimihiro Komori Larry W. Kraiss Nicos Labropoulos Michael P. Lilly Bengt Lindblad Evan C. Lipsitz Fedor Lurie William C. Mackey Gregory A. Magee Jovan Markovic William A. Marston Robert A. McCready James Thomas McPhee Bernardo Mendes Ross Milner Tetsuro Miyata Wesley S. Moore Albeir Mousa Patrick Muck Satish C. Muluk Firas Fuad Mussa Richard F. Neville Sean D. O'Donnell Patrick J. O'Hara Kosmas I. Paraskevas Woosup Michael Park John E. Rectenwald Robert Y. Rhee Michael A. Ricci John J. Ricotta David Andrew Rigberg Gregory Gordon Salzler Steven M. Santilli Shoaib Shafique Malachi G. Sheahan Michael J. Singh Niten Singh W. Charles Sternbergh, III Michael Clinton Stoner Scott M. Surowiec Paul C. Tang Boulos Toursarkissian Gerald S. Treiman Shirling Tsai Areck A. Ucuzian R. James Valentine Andre M. Van Rij Ravi Kumar Veeraswamy Daniel B. Walsh The Editors are grateful to many clinicians and scientists who performed at least one review for the Journal during 2020. This group includes several new reviewers. These reviewers performed 20% of all reviews and contributed greatly to our peer review process. We would like to express our gratitude to them and look forward to working with them and with many more new reviewers in 2020. Babak Abai Niren Angle Shipra Arya Enrico Ascher Marvin Douglas Atkins Robert G. Atnip Iris Baumgartner B. Timothy Baxter Hernan A. Bazan Jocelyn Beach Robert J. Beaulieu Jaime Benarroch-Gampel Thomas M. Bergamini James Hamilton Black John Blebea William Todd Bohannon Thomas C. Bower Jan S. Brunkwall Richard P. Cambria Piergiorgio Cao Rabih Antoine Chaer Elliot L. Chaikof Ankur Chandra Jerry C. Chen David K. W. Chew Lori Choi William Darrin Clouse Dawn Marie Coleman Jill Colglazier Anthony J. Comerota Mark Frederick Conrad Michael S. Conte Matthew A. Corriere John A. Curci Ronald L. Dalman Rachel Danczyk Alan Dardik Christian de Virgilio Maciej Lukasz Dryjski Matthew S. Edwards Bruce M. Elliott Guillermo A. Escobar Mohammad H. Eslami Yana Etkin Ronald M. Fairman Javairiah Fatima Robert J. Feezor Charles James Fox Eri Fukaya Nitin Garg Karan Garg Robert H. Geelkerken Patrick J. Geraghty Heather L. Gill David L. Gillespie Jonathan Golledge Elisa Greco Naren Gupta Robert I. Hacker Eric S. Hager John W. Hallett, Jr. Allen David Hamdan Jaap Hamming Daniel Kyung Han E. John Harris Karem Harth Heitham T. Hassoun Ulf Hedin Norman R. Hertzer Jamal J. Hoballah Kim J. Hodgson Larry Horesh Kakra Hughes Glenn C. Hunter Mark D. Iafrati Jeffrey Indes Benjamin M. Jackson Michael J. H. M. Jacobs Donald L. Jacobs Arjun Jayaraj William C. Jennings Jeffrey Jim Juan Carlos Jimenez Jason M. Johanning Douglas W. Jones Masaaki Kato David S. Kauvar Ahmed Kayssi Sharon C. Kiang Melissa L. Kirkwood Norman Kumins James Laredo Byung-Boong Lee Jason T. Lee W. Anthony Lee Judith C. Lin Peter H. Lin Meryl Simon Logan Melissa Loja Joseph Vincent Lombardi Ying Wei Lum Sean P. Lyden Sebastian Mafeld Michel S. Makaroun Mahmoud Malas Thomas Sabatini Maldonado Mary McGrae McDermott Graeme McFarland James F. McKinsey Manish Mehta Matthew W. Mell Matthew Thomas Menard Marc E. Mitchell Gregory L. Moneta Samuel R. Money Nicholas Morrissey Raghu L. Motaganahalli Stuart I. Myers David G. Neschis Christian Ochoa Thomas F. O'Donnell Nicholas Harold Osborne Kenneth Ouriel Maral Ouzounian Frank T. Padberg, Jr. Marc A. Passman Tomas Pfeiffer Danielle Marie Pineda Iraklis I. Pipinos George Theodore Pisimisis Aleksandra Policha Frank B. Pomposelli Richard J. Powell Alessandra Puggioni Joseph D. Raffetto Kathleen Raman Bala Ramanan Joseph H. Rapp Linda M. Reilly Jacob G. Robison Graham Roche-Nagle Johnathon Curtis Rollo Daniel S. Rush Eva M. Rzucidlo Ulka Sachdev Mikel Sadek Hazim J. Safi Luis A. Sanchez Richard J. Sanders Timur Sarac Shawn Sarin Bhagwan Satiani Salvatore Scali Larry A. Scher Thomas Schmitz-Rixen Raffaele Serra Leonard Shan Alexander D. Shepard Christopher L. Skelly Emily Spangler Oren K. Steinmetz Jordan R. Stern Patrick A. Stone Luis Suarez Bjoern Dominik Suckow Matthew Sweet Andrew L. Tambyraja Pedro G. Teixeira Robert W. Thompson Carlos H. Timaran Jan H. M. Tordoir Giovanni Torsello Ramesh Kaushal Tripathi Brant W. Ullery Rens Roemer Bart Varkevisser Shant M. Vartanian Gian Franco Veraldi Eric Louis Gaston Verhoeven Michael Verta Eric Wahlberg Thomas W. Wakefield John V. White Michael Stephen Williams Willem Wisselink Eleftherios S. Xenos Kak Khee Yeung Jerry R. Youkey Mohamed Adel Zayed Wei Zhou Kenneth Richard Ziegler R. Eugene Zierler Finally, the Editors thank our excellent statistical reviewers, who performed more than 100 reviews in 2020. Richard Amdur William Scott Harmsen Jay Mandrekar Charles Miller Edward Joseph Mascha