2020-2021 JGIM Editor’s Report

Steve Asch, MD MPHCarol Bates, MD

Jeffrey Jackson, MD MPH

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CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEFSteven M. Asch, MD, MPHStanford University School of Medicinesasch@stanford.edu

Carol K. Bates, MDHarvard Medical SchoolCarol_Bates@hms.harvard.edu

Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPHMedical College of Wisconsinjjackson@mcw.edu

ASSOCIATE EDITORSEva Aagaard, MDWashington University in St Louis

Thad E. Abrams, MD, MSUniversity of Iowa

Howard Amital, MD, MHATel-Aviv University

Stacy Cooper Bailey, PhD, MPHNorthwestern University

Ethan Balk, MD, MPHBrown University

Lori A Bastian, MD, MPHYale University

Marisha Burden, MDUniversity of Colorado

Jesse Crosson, PhDMathematica Policy Research

Peter Cram, MDUniversity of Texas, Galveston

Allan S Detsky, MD, PhDUniversity of Toronto

Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPHUniversity of California, San Francisco

Gemmae M. Fix, PhDBoston University School of Medicine

Mark Friedberg, MD, MPPHarvard Medical School

Dominick L. Frosch, PhDPalo Alto Medical Foundation

Reinold O.B. Gans, MDUniversity of Groningen

L. Elizabeth Goldman, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco

Anjali Gopalan, MDKaiser Permanente Division of Research

Craig G. Gunderson, MDYale University School of Medicine

David Haggstrom, MDIndiana University School of Medicine

Stacy Higgins, MDEmory University

Michael Hochman, MD, MPHKeck School of Medicine

Kay Johnson, MD, MPHVA Puget Sound Health Care System

Reena Karani, MD, MHPEIcahn School of Medicine

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Jeffrey Kravetz, MDYale University

Ian Kronish, MD, MPHColumbia University

Akira Kuriyama, MDKurashiki Central Hospital

Ellen Kurtzman, PhD, MPH, RNGeorge Washington University

Luci Leykum, MD, MBAUniversity of Texas

Chrysoula I. Liakoi, MD, PhDDelphic Maritime Training Center

Lia Logio, MDCase Western University

Marianne Matthias, PhDIndiana University

Eric Mortensen, MD, MScUniversity of Connecticut

Karin Nelson, MD, MSHSUniversity of Washington

Oanh Kieu Nguyen, MD, MASUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Karen Okrainec, MDUniversity Health Network, Toronto

Benjamin Oldfield, MD, MHSYale University School of Medicine

Michael K. Ong, MD, PhDUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Lydia Pace, MDHarvard

Paul Pirraglia, MD, MPHBaystate Medical Center

Lisa Quintiliani, PhDBoston University

Donald Redelmeier, MD, MHPEUniversity of Toronto

Lisa V. Rubenstein, MD, MSPHRAND CorporationUCLA Schools of Medicine & Public Health

Nancy Schoenborn, MD, MHSJohns Hopkins University

Jeremy Sussman, MD, PhDUniversity of Michigan & VA Ann Arbor

Leo Tamariz, MD, MPHUniversity of Miami

Arianne Teherani, PhDUniversity of California San Francisco

Holly N. Thomas, MD, MSUniversity of Pittsburgh

Renuka Tipirneni, MD, MScUniversity of Michigan

Rebekah J Walker, PhDMedical College of Wisconsin

Joni Williams, MD, MPHMedical College of Wisconsin

Donna Windish, MD, MPHYale University

LeChauncy Woodard, MD, MPHBaylor College of Medicine

Zhi-Jiang Zhang, PhDWuhan University

Donna Zulman, MD, MSStanford University

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CLINICAL CONTENT EDITORSJeff Kohlwes, MD, MPHUniversity of California, San Francisco

Cindy J. Lai, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco

Kip Mihara, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco

Chad Miller, MDSt Louis University

Daniel Wheeler, MD,University of California San Francisco

SPECIAL METHODOLOGY PANELRichard Frankel, PhD (Qualitative Research) Indiana University School of Medicine

Ron D. Hays, PhD (Psychometrics)University of California, Los Angeles

Chin-Shang Li, PhD (Statistics)State University of New York University at Buffalo

Susan Perkins, PhD (Statistics)Indiana University School of Medicine

Li Zhou, PhDHarvard

HEALING ARTS EDITORSRita Charon, MD, PhDColumbia University

Sneha Mantri, MDDuke

Irène Mathieu, MDGeorge Washington University

Amy Ship, MA, MDHarvard Medical School

BOTTOM LINE SUMMARIESMichael E Bowen, MD, MPH, MScUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

EDITORIAL BOARDKaren Lasser, MD, MPH (Chair)Steven Asch, MD, MPHMatthew J. Bair, MD, MSCarol K. Bates, MD Olveen Carrisquillo, MD, MPH Ricardo Correa, MDHollis Day, MD, MS (SGIM Treasurer)David Elnicki MDEthan Halm MD, MPHAlison Huang, MDJeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPHKatherine Kahn, MDAdina Kalet, MD, MPHRobin Klein, MDPatrick O’Malley MD, MPHSuman Pal, MBBS (Associate Member)Steven Simon, MD, MPHAbby Spencer, MDFrancine Jetton (SGIM Staff Liaison)

EDITORIAL OFFICEJenni R. Clarkson (Managing Editor)JGIM@iupui.eduRachel Roberts (Assistant Managing Editor)

2020-21 Editorial Priorities

• Increase number of International DEs• Launch History of Medicine Series• Launch JGIM Editorial Fellowship• Increase JGIM Social Media Presence• Decrease publication of print edition of JGIM• Develop SGIM Website• Maintain accept rate of ≈25%• Increase diversity of Deputy Editor Pool• Leader in publishing

– disparities research– QI/Implementation Science

International DEs

Deputy Editor CountryPeter Cram CanadaAllan Detsky CanadaKaren Okrainec CanadaDonald Redelmeier CanadaZhi-Jiang Zhang ChinaChrysoula Liakou GreeceHoward Amital IsraelAkira Kuriyama JapanReinold Gans Netherlands

History of Medicine

• History of Medicine Category added to Editorial Manager

• Instructions for authors created and posted• Deputy Editor recruited: Kristen Ehrenberger

Editorial Fellowship

1. DevelopedA. Curriculum B. Call C. Selection criteria

2. 22 applicants for fellowship

Editorial Fellowship Learning Objectives

1. Gain understanding of process and improve skills in reviewing manuscripts for medical journals.

2. Be able to recognize common publication biases and steps to reduce them.

3. Gain understanding of process of editing a medical journal.4. Gain understanding of the relationship with the publisher5. Gain understanding of the relationship with the JGIM Editorial

Board6. Learn about ethical issues in medical editing7. Learn about measuring quality and impact of medical journals8. Improve editorial and writing skills

JGIM Changes

• Revised Information for Authors– Added language regarding racism– Streamlined format to improve usability

• Revised Author/Reviewer Classification matches

• Created videos to assist Deputy Editors in navigating Editorial Manager

Springer-SGIM Incentives

• $75k paid to SGIM if incentives met• Incentives negotiated by JGIM annually

2020 2021

✓Increase international DEs to 5 ✓

Launch JGIM Editorial Fellowship by 15 June

✓Increase transfers to 50%

Increase Diversity of DE pool

Enhance Online Presence

• Increasing Social Media Presence• Authors asked to provide tweets• Fletcher/Wurm tweeting from JGIM account• Editors increased involvement with Twitter

• Developed press release guide Provide guide to authors on acceptance

Transition to new JGIM Website

• Collections– COVID-19 (online)– Disparities (planning phase)– Implementation Science (planning phase)

• Began transition to EM in April 2019• Completed full transition in June 2020.• Challenges

– Creating JGIM specific templates– Modifying JGIM classifications– EM support team in Netherlands and Philippines

• Responses to Challenges– Created EM manual– Conducted EM training– Continuously tweaking process/letters– Created DE training videos

Editorial Manager TransitionEditorial Manager

Supplements and Special Issues

Year Supplement Special Issue2017 Weight Management in VA2018 Pain Management Medical Education2019 Care Coordination in VA

Health System2020 Implementation Science2020 PCORI2020 Opiate Safety2021 Pt & Veteran Engagement in

Healthcare Research2021 Women’s Health Care2022 Medical Education

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TOTAL ARTICLESJGIM: 596JAMA: 268Annals: 118N Eng J Med: 0BMJ: 313

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Journal of Public Health Policy 65

Health Policy and Planning 150

Health Services Research 786

Health Policy 188

Health Affairs 542

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2017 2018 2019 2020Original Research 1053 970 1157 1487Concise Research Reports 84 252 304 529Perspectives/Viewpoint 91 152 185 521Clinical Vignettes 80 81 103 206Healing Arts 66 94 103 186Narrative Reviews 59 79 72 153Systematic Reviews 69 84 100 151Clinical Images 69 49 75 98Innovation/Improvement 50 30 34 81Research and Reporting -- -- 12 8Position Papers -- -- -- 1

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2020 JGIM Submissions by CountryCountry 2019 2020

Submitted Accepted Submitted AcceptedUNITED STATES 1112 19% 2420 32%CHINA 171 1% 374 3%CANADA 32 19% 98 29%JAPAN 19 5% 76 8%ITALY 14 0% 65 2%SPAIN 13 0% 62 2%INDIA 6 0% 57 2%ISRAEL 21 0% 43 7%TAIWAN 28 0% 43 2%SINGAPORE 13 8% 39 10%UNITED KINGDOM 17 18% 38 11%IRAN 14 0% 35 3%KOREA (South) 13 0% 32 3%AUSTRALIA 20 10% 30 27%BRAZIL 6 17% 30 7%FRANCE 13 0% 26 12%NETHERLANDS 16 0% 26 27%SWITZERLAND 11 0% 22 9%TURKEY 6 0% 20 0%

2020 JGIM Submissions by CountryCountry 2019 2020

Submitted Accepted Submitted AcceptedGERMANY 11 9% 17 0%EGYPT 7 0% 13 0%GREECE 7 14% 12 0%MEXICO 1 0% 10 0%AUSTRIA 3 0% 8 0%MALAYSIA 3 0% 8 25%SAUDI ARABIA 2 0% 8 13%CHILE 1 0% 7 14%COLOMBIA 3 33% 7 0%DENMARK 2 0% 7 29%POLAND 4 0% 7 29%QATAR 1 0% 6 0%ARGENTINA 2 0% 5 0%ETHIOPIA 0 5 0%HONG KONG 1 0% 5 20%PORTUGAL 1 0% 5 0%BELGIUM 1 0% 4 0%INDONESIA 0 4 0%RUSSIAN FEDERATION 4 0% 4 0%

2020 JGIM Submissions by CountryCountry 2019 2020

Submitted Accepted Submitted AcceptedTUNISIA 0 4 0%NEW ZEALAND 0 3 0%ROMANIA 1 0% 3 0%SERBIA 0 3 0%CROATIA 4 0% 2 50%CYPRUS 0 2 0%LEBANON 2 0% 2 0%NIGERIA 0 2 0%PAKISTAN 1 0% 2 0%SWEDEN 3 0% 2 50%THAILAND 3 0% 2 0%UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 0% 2 0%VIET NAM 0 2 0%ARMENIA 0 1 0%BANGLADESH 0 1 0%BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 1 0%GRENADA 1 0% 1 0%KOREA (North) 0 1 0%MOROCCO 0 1 0%

2020 JGIM Submissions by Country

Country 2019 2020

Submitted Accepted Submitted AcceptedPERU 0 0% 1 0%SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 0%ALBANIA 1 0% 0GHANA 1 0% 0IRAQ 3 0% 0IRELAND 1 0% 0MALTA 1 0% 0PUERTO RICO 1 0% 0SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2 0% 0TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 0% 0PERU 0 1 1 0%

Article Type 2019 2020Original Research 557 (10%) 1420 (21%)Concise Research Report 175 (53%) 482 (49%)Perspective 49 (20%) 287 (23%)Viewpoint 48 (38%) 217 (32%)Qualitative Research 79 (14%) 215 (32%)Healing Arts 53 (9%) 166 (10%)Narrative Review 45 (4%) 141 (12%)Systematic Review 54 (28%) 139 (17%)Clinical Vignette 54 (0%) 113 (9%)Clinical Image 30 (13%) 52 (19%)Innovations in Medical Education 22 (9%) 43 (5%)Innovations in Clinical Practice 3 (0%) 28 (21%)Research and Reporting Methods 5 (20%) 24 (38%)Exercises in Clinical Reasoning 4 (0%) 10 (30%)Bottom Line Summary -- 4 (100%)

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Articles Pages Articles Pages Articles pages January 27 132 38 164 38 164Supplement 1 (SGIM Abstracts) 758 77 406

Supplement 2 13 82 14 98 13 102

Supplement 3 15 106February 21 102 37 164 44 218March 30 160 33 152 72 358April 37 180 37 164 72 380May 44 202 26 134 52 264June 47 202 61 292 61 310July 45 228 60 296 65 318August 42 206 53 304 64 264September 38 176 57 278 67 316October 49 236 68 342 62 306November 40 190 79 396 58 282December 46 244 44 232 62 334

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Rank Journal IF1 BMJ QUAL SAF 6.084

2 IMPLEMENT SCI 5.531

3 ACAD MED 5.354

4 HEALTH AFFAIR 5.331

5 J MED INTERNET RES 5.0346 J CLIN EPIDEMIOL 4.9527 VALUE HEALTH 4.7488 J GEN INTERN MED 4.5979 MED EDUC 4.570

10 J PERS MED 4.43311 JMIR MHEALTH UHEALTH 4.31312 MILBANK Q 4.19513 J AM MED INFORM ASSN 4.11214 INT J HEALTH POLICY 3.82115 PALLIATIVE MED 3.739

16 PHARMACOECONOMICS 3.563

17 INTERNET INTERV 3.513

18 HEALTH TECHNOL ASSES 3.370

19 PATIENT 3.226

20 MED CARE RES REV 3.212

Health Care Sciences and Services Rank (102 journal)

Rank Full Journal Title Impact Factor

1NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 74.699

2LANCET 60.39

3JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 45.54

4Nature Reviews Disease Primers 40.689

5BMJ-British Medical Journal 30.313

6ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 21.317

7JAMA Internal Medicine 18.652

8PLOS MEDICINE 10.5

9Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 9.802

10Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 7.89

11CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 7.744

12JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE 7.089

13MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS 6.942

Rank Full Journal TitleImpact Factor

14JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 6.871

15BMC Medicine 6.782

16MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 6.112

17Translational Research 5.411

18JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE 5.238

19JAMA Network Open 5.032

20Deutsches Arzteblatt International 4.796

21ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE 4.686

22JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 4.597

23AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 4.529

24Journal of Personalized Medicine 4.433

25AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 4.42

26European Journal of Internal Medicine 4.329

Medicine, General and Internal Rank(165 Journals)

Contributions by Organization (2018)Organization Number of Published Articles in JGIM

HARVARD 938 (1092 counting MGH)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM 525

VA 493

PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH 282

YALE UNIVERSITY 165

MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER 163

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM 162

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 161

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SYSTEM 160

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY 159

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 156

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 154

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 152

Top Cited Articles (2018)First Author Article Citations

Boissy, Adrienne Communication Skills training for Physicians Improves Satisfaction

27

Deyo, Richard Association Between Initial Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Subsequent Long-Term Use Among Opioid-Naive Patients: A Statewide Retrospective Cohort Study

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Forsythe, Laura Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in the PCORI Pilot Projects: Description and Lessons Learned

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Salyers, Michelle The Relationship Between Professional Burnout and Quality and Safety in Healthcare: A Meta-Analysis

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Calcaterra, Susan Opioid Prescribing at Hospital Discharge Contributes to Chronic Opioid Use

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Rana, Jamal Diabetes and Prior Coronary Heart Disease are Not Necessarily Risk Equivalent for Future Coronary Heart Disease Events

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Huang, Ru-Yi Vegetarian Diets and Weight Reduction: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Blackstock, Oni A Cross-Sectional Online Survey of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adoption Among Primary Care Physicians

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JGIM Production Times

DayTechnical Check 2.4Time until Editor assigned 1.4Initial Editor Decision 3.1Initial DE Decision 28.7Time for Reviews to Return 15.3Time for Author Revision 34.8Time to Online Publication 31Time to Print Publication 131

Decision Total Frequency Average time to Decision

Reject without Review 2147 62% 10Accept 163 5% 37Major Revisions 391 11% 56Minor Revisions 315 9% 43Reject after review 286 8% 58Revise before review 41 1% 17Total Editor Decisions 3459 24

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2017 2018 2019 2020News Stories 1,849 1,819 1,376 2,125Tweets 12,300 12,602 14,566 30,345Facebook posts 606 148 109 65Blog Posts 394 166 199 264Google+ posts 146 18 2Reddit + posts 21 1 1Videos 12 13 17 19Other 296 186 186 198Total number of mentions 15,624 14,953 16,455 33,017

Social Impact

Rank Score Title First AuthorPublication Date

1 4829 Masks Do more than protect others during COVID-19 Monica Gandhi 2020

2 2896 Risk factors for mortality in patients with COVID-19 in NYC Takahisa Mikami 2020

3 1256 Eliciting the Patient’s Agenda- Secondary Analysis of Recorded Clinical Encounters Naykky Ospina 2018

4 1060 DNR Tattoos: A Cautionary Tale Lori Cooper 2012

5 851Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial David Levine 2018

Altimetric Top 10 2020

Rank Score Title First AuthorPublication Date

6 826

Examining the Potential Impact of Race Multiplier Utilization in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculation on African-American Care Outcomes

Salman Ahmed 2020

7 817Mortality After Discontinuation of Primary Care–Based Chronic Opioid Therapy for Pain: a Retrospective Cohort Study

Jocelyn James 2019

8 812Diet Soft Drink Consumption is Associated with an Increased Risk of Vascular Events in the Northern Manhattan Study

Hanna Gardner 2012

9 780Under-diagnosis of Dementia: an Observational Study of Patterns in Diagnosis and Awareness in US Older Adults

Halima Amjad 2018

10 779The Impact of State Firearm Laws on Homicide and Suicide Deaths in the USA, 1991–2016: a Panel Study

Michael Siegel 2019

Altimetric Top 10 2019

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Editorial Board Member Roles?

• Reviewing articles/controversial editorials• Writing Editorials• Providing feedback/oversight/advice to JGIM

editors• Soliciting DEs• Reviewing comments?

Challenges

• Deputy editor pool– Continued recruitment but we need your help!

• Limited Springer support for press releases– Developed document for authors to do own

press release

• SPRINGER website promises ≠ reality• Funding for webmaster

To Consider

• What is the optional duration of the JGIM editors?– Recommend considering extending term of office

to 6-7 years.

• How many papers should we publish monthly?• Should JGIM be published twice monthly?• Should there no longer be the option to

receive print version of JGIM?

2020-21 Editorial PrioritiesProgress

• Increase number of International DEs (increased to 7)• Launched History of Medicine Series• Launching JGIM Editorial Fellowship• Increase JGIM Social Media

– Ongoing• Decrease publication of print edition of JGIM

– 99% of members opted for online only when renewing membership in 2021

• Transition to new website– Website is live, working toward transitioning

• Increase number of articles transferred in Springer– 81% at present

2021-22 Editorial Priorities

• Increase diversity of DEs • Continue leadership in diversity/disparities work• Review JGIM publication processes and policies to

ensure anti-racism stance• Become leader in implementation science work• Publish a special issue on medical education• Successfully launch JGIM Editorial Fellowship• Increase JGIM Social Media

– Ongoing• Transition to new website

– Website is live, working toward transitioning