Embarking on a New Journey With the Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research

© Copyright The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology • The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease http://e-aair.org Impact on an international scale: Growing our reach within the allergy and asthma fields for the past 2 years Since the Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research (AAIR) launched its first issue in October of 2009 and thanks to the exceptional quality of all contributors, it only took 18 months for the AAIR to receive the honor of being listed on the SCIE which occurred in June, 2011. Recently, in 2012, we were awarded our highest impact factor (IF) of 2.65. This is a significant achievement as it is the highest score that a medical journal published in Korea has received. The AAIR is devoted to publishing timely clinical, basic, and translational research papers, as well as instructive case reports. Our journal circulated on a quarterly basis (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) for the first 2 years and was recently extended to a bimonthly (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov) circulation since 2012. All of this has all been made possible due to the strong support and sponsorship of 2 major academic societies in Korea, the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (KAAACI) and the Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease (KAPARD). I would like to express my greatest thanks to all those involved in growing the journal to the extent that they have. My sincerest thanks to all the editorial and advisory board members, authors, reviewers, and editors for their tireless effort. Moreover, I want to express my special thanks to Prof. Choon-Sik Park, the former editor-inchief, Profs. You-Sook Cho and Woo Kyung Kim, a managing editor, and Prof. Choon Shil Lee, an advisory board member, for their professionalism and dedication to their work for our journal.