• Branka Marinović.
• Acta Dermatovenerol Croat. 2018 Oct 1; 26 (3): 197-198.

AbstractJune brought us good news: based on the new impact factors for 2017 published by Clarivate analytics (previously Thompson-Reuters), Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica (ADC) has reached one of the milestones - an impact factor (IF) of 1.054! After entering Excerpta Medica in 1994, Index Medicus / Medline in 2001, and the Science Citation Index Expanded in 2007, we tried our best to improve the visibility and presence of our Journal and to increase its impact factor. From 2009 to 2015, the IF of ADC was between 0.272 and 0.581, with some ups and downs. In 2016, there was an increase in IF to 0.725, and we reached and IF of 1.054 in 2017. In last few years we received an increasing number of submissions, which gave us the opportunity to accept articles with higher quality after assessment through the review process. Our rejection rate also increased to almost 70%. We still try to publish case reports although we know that they do not improve impact factor, but our position is that case reports are the best opportunity for the future of our dermatovenereology - our residents - to publish their first article. Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica is proud to be the official journal of the Croatian Dermatovenereological Society of the Croatian Medical Association and also supported by the Croatian Ministry of Science, which gives us the freedom to provide balanced content that includes some case reports, and all of it free of charge, something no longer as common in many journals in recent years. This new impact factor is a great encouragement for the whole Editorial Board to work towards improving our Journal and reaching next milestone - entering a more prestigious index and increasing our impact factor further.

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