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Global Translational Medicine

EDITORIAL
A message from the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Lemin

Zheng

†
Lemin Zheng *
The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

The year 2023, which is the 2 year since Global Translational Medicine (GTM) was
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launched, saw a steady growth of the journal, accompanied by several accomplishments
that we are proud to share with our readers. The most encouraging achievement,
unquestionably, is the inclusion of GTM in the CAS databases. Such indexing
accomplishment is a testament to the growing scientific recognition and citation
impact of the journal, paving the way for inclusion in other indexing services, including
PubMed, in the future.
GTM also celebrates a surge in prominence in its field as more and more scientists
are inducted to the editorial board, which plays a significant role in supporting
the journal and devising plans for the strategic development of the journal. In
addition, over the year 2023 we witnessed an increasing number of submissions to
GTM, convincing evidence that the general interest in submitting to open-access
journals in the field of translational medicine remains uneroded. GTM had a humble
beginning in 2022, with a total submission count of only 38. However, this number
has risen to more than 100 in 2023, accompanied by published papers which is twice
the amount in 2022. Such success is not possible without the evaluative efforts of
† Professor Lemin Zheng is our peer reviewers from different countries, backgrounds, and expertise areas. We
the Editor-in Chief of Global are grateful for the contributions of the peer reviewers who directly help enhance
Translational Medicine the academic and scientific quality of GTM. A more robust peer-review practice also
*Corresponding author: signals that the article rejection rate will be increased so as to safeguard the journal’s
Lemin Zheng quality as a whole.
(zhengl@bjmu.edu.cn)
We believe that 2024 is going to be an eventful and remarkable year for GTM.
Citation: Zheng. L, 2023,
A message from the Editor-in-Chief, In particular, we plan to hold an academic conference in the name of the journal
Prof. Lemin Zheng. Global Transl in 2024. Thus, we are in the middle of seeking abstract submissions describing
Med, 2(4): 2365. transformative works from around the world. Aside from that, GTM is forming
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academic alliances with prestigious academic and government institutions
Received: December 4, 2023 to expand our influence and invite high-quality research papers from these
Published Online: December 29,
2023 institutions.
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