Congratulations are due to Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Research (AAIR) on being listed in Web of Science (SCIE)

© Copyright The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology • The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease http://e-aair.org On behalf of the editorial board members, I am honored to announce that AAIR will be listed in SCIE as of June 2011. The inclusion of AAIR in SCIE is not only a first for 2011 among the medical journals published in Korea, but a first among journals on allergy and asthma published in the Asia Pacific region. Indeed, only 18 months have passed since the first issue was published in October 2009. AAIR is published quarterly under the auspices of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology and the Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease. First, I would like to briefly outline the history of the Academies sponsoring the publication. The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology was founded in 1972 and its membership, as of 2011, is comprised of approximately 1200 physicians, pediatricians, rhinologists, and dermatologists. The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease was founded in 1987 and consists of 1400 pediatricians in 2011. Since their founding, the two Academies have sponsored several international congresses and symposia on allergy, immunology, and pediatric respiratory diseases. The Korean-Japan Joint Allergy symposium has been held biannually since the founding of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology. Many international meetings have been hosted successfully in Korea. At international and domestic symposia, members of both Academies have presented numerous excellent abstracts, which have been published in program booklets. Major contributions by Academy members have been published in their official journals: the “Korean Journal of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology” and “Korean Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease”. However, as the journals of both Academies are written in Korean and distributed domestically, the results of studies by our members reach few readers outside Korea. To promote international communication by their members, the two Academies decided to publish an official journal in English in 2008. Congratulations are due to Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Research (AAIR) on being listed in Web of Science (SCIE)