On behalf of the editorial board, I am pleased to announce the title change of “The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine (KJLM; ISSN, 1598-6535)” to “Annals of Laboratory Medicine (Ann Lab Med; ISSN, 2234-3806; eISSN, 2234-3814)” [1]. From volume 32, issue 1 (printed version that will be released in January 2012), the journal will be published under the new title “Annals of Laboratory Medicine...

BACKGROUND Tinnitus is associated with depression and anxiety disorders, severely and adversely affecting the quality of life and functional health status for some people. With the dearth of clinical psychologists embedded in audiology services and the cessation of training for hearing therapists in the UK, it is left to audiologists to meet the psychological needs of many patients with tinnitu...

The Journal of Korean Brain Tumor Society was first published on March 30, 2002, and 22 issues have been published until 2012 without delay or interruption. The journal was published twice a year and was a mix of Korean and English languages. When we consider the reality in the field of brain tumor research, it was possible because of a lot of effort and sacrifice of many members of the previou...

PURPOSE This research aimed to analyze the patterns of co-authorship network among the Korean radiation oncologists and to identify attributing factors for the formation of networks. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1,447 articles including contents of 'Radiation Oncology' and 'Therapeutic Radiology' were searched from the KoreaMed database. The co-authorship was assorted by the author's full...

with international trends and to achieve success in international communication, Intest Res was converted to a fully English journal from the first issue of 2014 (Volume 12, Issue 1), and the journal’s English homepage (www.irjournal.org) was launched. At present, Intest Res serves as the joint official publication of KASID and the Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Recently, Intest ...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem. In the National Kidney Foundation Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines it is stressed that lifestyle issues such as physical activity should be seen as cornerstones of the therapy. The physical fitness in adults with CKD is so reduced that it impinges on ability and capacity to perform activities in everyday...

Thomson Reuters reports journal impact factor (JIF) 2012 thr­ ough its web database, Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (http:// apps.webofknowledge.com) for journals indexed in the Science Citation Index (SCI/SCIE). Many top journals are reported to continue their high JIF and most of others keep similar or in­ creased ones as JIF 2011. The JCR updates JIF every year and the JIF 2012 will be used ...