key: cord-0027929-kdjt71io authors: Koo, Hyun Young title: Journal statistics, directions for development, and appreciation for reviewers date: 2022-01-28 journal: Child Health Nurs Res DOI: 10.4094/chnr.2022.28.1.5 sha: 18027a35447b490863119138abba3bda10307990 doc_id: 27929 cord_uid: kdjt71io nan In 2021, Child Health Nursing Research (CHNR) passed the scientific quality review and technical evaluation review to be listed in PubMed Central (PMC). CHNR is now included in the PMC catalog (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101603835), and articles from 2019 onwards can be searchable in PMC. It is a great pleasure to announce that CHNR is the first nursing journal in South Korea to be listed in PMC. CHNR endeavors to edit and publish articles that meet international standards, and the journal complies with the principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing [1] . The CHNR website clearly describes that the journal's aims are to promote the health of infants, children, adolescents, and their families in Korea and all over the world by providing research on evidence-based practices and that its scope includes the most recent clinically and academically relevant topics in health care and nursing for infant, children, adolescents, and their families. In addition, the CHNR website states that the journal's primary readers are health care professionals and administrators serving infants, children, adolescents, and families, working to promote child care and welfare. The website also describes matters to be considered when submitting articles for publication (https://www.e-chnr.org/). CHNR receives and reviews articles via a peer review system (http://www.chnrsubmission.org/). More details on the submission process can be found at the CHNR website (https:// www.e-chnr.org/authors/authors.php). CHNR makes an effect to comply with research ethics and follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines [2] for publication ethics. If any issues related to publication ethics arise, CHNR follows the guidelines of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) [3] . Through its efforts to edit and publish articles at the international level, CHNR was listed in PMC and try to be listed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI (4 issues), all of which were written in English ( Table 1 ). The number of English articles has steadily increased from 9 articles in volume 24 issue 3 in 2018 to 20 articles in volume 25 issues 1 and 3 in 2019 and 29 articles in volume 26 issues 1, 3, and 4 in 2020. Since volume 27 issue 3 in 2020, all articles in CHNR have been published in English only. The change of CHNR to an all-English journal has been accompanied by increasing international submissions [4] [5] [6] [7] . In 2021, the average number of authors per article was 3.2 (SD 1.6, range 1-6), and 81% of authors were from South Korea, while 19% of authors were from other countries in Asia, North America, Europe, and Africa. This is similar to the pattern of 2020, when the average number of authors per article was 2.8 and 83% of authors were from South Korea [8] . Since all authors were from South Korea in 2016-2018 [9] , it is clear that international submissions are steadily increasing. In addition, the proportion of articles that were supported by grants increased from 45.7% in 2020 [8] to 59.5% in 2021, and about 60% of them were supported by governmental institutions. In the studies published in CHNR in 2021, parents were the most frequent study subjects (30.4%), followed by adolescents (19.7%), and about half of studies dealt with children from newborns to adolescents (Table 2) . Survey studies were the most common research method (29.8%), but the proportion of these studies decreased compared to 44.7% in 2014 [10], 48.8% in 2016-2018 [9] , and 50% in 2020 [8] . Meanwhile, the proportion of literature reviews and secondary analyses increased to 29.7% (literature reviews, 8.1%; secondary analyses, 21.6%) in 2021 compared to 13.2% in 2014 [10], 8.9% in 2016-2018 [9] , and The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused difficulties and changes in nursing education, and it is expected that the nursing education environment will be different in the post-COVID-19 era [11] . I deeply appreciate all the efforts made by reviewers and editors to review and publish CHNR despite these difficulties. With their dedication and efforts, the quality of CHNR continues to improve. Below are their names and affiliations Seoul Women's College of Nursing Republic of Korea) In particular, I would like to express my gratitude and congratulations to the best reviewers in 2021 Committee on Publication Ethics. Principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing Defining the role of authors and contributors [Internet]. International Committee of Growth patterns and nutritional status of small for gestational age infants in Malaysia during the first year of life Kangaroo mother care practices for low birthweight newborns in a district hospital in Indonesia. Child Health Nursing Research The effect of age at first marriage on the incidence of labor complications and babies with low birth weight in Indonesia Influence of the perceived educational environment on future career planning among nursing students in Egypt Journal statistics, directions for development, and appreciation for reviewers An analysis of research tendency in domestic and international academic journals of pediatric nursing Trend analysis of research articles published in Child Health Nursing Research What might COVID-19 have taught us about the delivery of nurse education, in a post-COVID-19 world? None. All the work was done by Hyun Young Koo. Hyun Young Koo has been the editor-in-chief of Child Health Nursing Research from January 2018 to December 2021, but had no role in the decision to publish this manuscript. Otherwise, no existing or potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. None. 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