key: cord-1002157-07bho4nv authors: Yoo, Tae-Hyun title: KRCP’s past and future path date: 2020-09-30 journal: Kidney Res Clin Pract DOI: 10.23876/j.krcp.20.158 sha: 4b1b755fb63577ad90cd767628b872c4d72aa869 doc_id: 1002157 cord_uid: 07bho4nv nan Since conversion to English in 2012, KRCP has published various peer-reviewed academic papers in specialized nephrology fields quarterly both domestically and abroad. As a global kidney journal, numerous international researchers have submitted manuscripts and had them accepted after blinded review by experts and professional editing. KRCP publishes the latest knowledge on scientifically interesting topics related to nephrology. In addition, specialized topics emerging as public health concerns have been reported. In particular, pressing public health issues related to patient care have been presented to readers in a timely manner. For example, during the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in 2015, KRCP announced the MERS clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis (HD) facilities with the help of the Korean Society of Nephrology MERS-CoV Task Force Team [2] . Recently, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a public health crisis with over 21.2 million people diagnosed with the virus and 761,000 attributed deaths as of August 16, 2020. HD patients are very difficult to isolate from potential sources of infection due to the nature of dialysis treatment in a limited HD unit. COVID-19 clinical practice guidelines for HD facilities were developed by a joint committee comprised of members from the KSN, the Korean Society for Dialysis Therapy, and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. Korean clinical practice guidelines for preventing transmission of COVID-19 in HD facilities was also published in KRCP [3] . The current guidelines direct dialysis specialists and dialysis patients to recommend prevention, protection, screening, and isolation against the transmission of COVID-19 during this pandemic. Timely publishing of domestic and global health issues in KRCP expands opportunities to share academic knowledge and practical experience that will improve the care of patients both domestically and globally. An issue arising from natural disasters was also published in KRCP. Although the Korean Peninsula has been considered an earthquake-free zone, an earthquake suddenly occurred in the Gyeongju province, which was a major public health issue. In dialysis units, HD treatment was suddenly interrupted due to power failure and the need to evacuate patients for safety reasons. In that special article in a 2019 issue of KRCP, experience of the dialysis unit during a natural disaster in Gyeongju was introduced, and a plan for addressing issues related to natural disasters such as earthquakes was developed [4] . As social issues can also be published in KRCP, recent legislation ("Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life," act no. 14013) on the suspension of lifesustaining medical care was described, and HD as a lifesustaining treatment at the end of life was discussed [5] . In addition, in cooperation with leading journals, we simultaneously published a section unifying and clarifying the nomenclature for kidney function and diseases to effectively improve global communication [6, 7] . Moreover, KRCP provided a venue for the shared consensus from joint academic meetings with the Korean Diabetes Association [8, 9] . Through these processes, we believe that unresolved and undisclosed scientific problems in the field of nephrology, as well as issues across different fields, can be discussed, and through this, the academic level can be raised one step further. KRCP's mission during the last 5 years had been to become one of the leading journals worldwide on the topic of nephrology. These could be accomplished, in many ways, to standardize the journal format and publish the valuable manuscript given the interest of many global readers. In order to honor the tradition of KRCP and further expand it in the future, there are several important steps. In order to expand our readership base, we would like to focus on several areas. First, we seek to publish KRCP bimonthly in the near future, instead of quarterly. In addition, we will streamline the publication process to speed the time of submission and publication as much as possible. At the same time, we will make efforts to invite various reviewers for objective and accurate scientific evaluation. There are amazing new technologies to perform the basic research to nephrology field and remarkable innovation to gather and handle in the numerous clinical data. By introducing state-of-the-art research, KRCP will become one of the best journals in the nephrology field. In addition, we will try to share our knowledge by soliciting many professional reviews from experts in the field. We are deeply grateful to the previous editors and associate editors who devoted hard work and sacrifice to KRCP's success. First, We wish to thank the previous incumbents of the Editorial Board, Prof. All of the editorial members appreciate the continued interest and advice from our KRCP readers and members of the KSN, and look forward to reviewing your future research submissions. As the KRCP Editorial Committee, we seek to establish KRCP as a journal of the highest caliber in the nephrology field. Greetings on behalf of the editorial board. The author has no conflicts of interest to declare. Brief report: renal replacement therapy in Korea KRCP's past and future path www.krcp-ksn Korean Society of Nephrology MERS-CoV Task Force Team. Middle East respiratory syndrome clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis facilities Korean Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Task Force Team. 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