jksr Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology J Korean Soc Radiol 1738-2637 2288-2928 The Korean Society of Radiology 10.3348/jksr.2019.80.1.1 jksr-80-1 Editorial Background for 2019 Reorganization of the Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology: 2018 Member Survey Results JungJung ImMD ∗ Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Corresponding author Jung Im Jung, MD Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06591, Korea. Tel 82-2-2258-1435 Fax 82-2-599-6771 E-mail jijung@catholic.ac.kr 01 2019 20 01 2019 80 1 1 6 04012019 22012019 23012019 Copyright © 2019 The Korean Society of Radiology 2019 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract

Launched in 1964, the Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology (JKSR) has served as the official journal of the Korean Society of Radiology (KSR). However, with establishment of the Korean Journal of Radiology (KJR), an entirely English journal, in 2000 and listing of the KJR in the SCI(E), KJR has become the representative academic journal of the KSR. Therefore, the identity of JKSR needs to be restructured, and a questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the status and the future direction of the JKSR. The survey was conducted in September 2018 with 10 questions through on-line and mobile, and 553 members gave responses. According to the survey results, about 75% of the respondents read more than one JKSR article a year, mostly through on-line. All types of papers, including original article, case report, and review article were being read. The most common reason for contributing articles to the JKSR was submission for the radiology board examination, and the most common reason for not contributing articles to the JKSR was non-recognition of the publication in JKSR as achievement in universities because JKSR is not indexed in SCI(E). Many respondents were hoping for dealing with continuous medical education and health policies in radiology as the future role of JKSR. Based on these surveys, we plan to reorganize JKSR in 2019, which we would like to introduce in this paper.

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Questions and Answers about JKSR

Question (Total no. of Respondent) Answer Respondents (n, %)
1. What is your position? (553) 1. University Hospital faculty 264 (47.8)
2. Hospitalist 157 (28.4)
3. Resident 64 (11.6)
4. Private physician 25 (4.5)
5. Fellow 24 (4.3)
6. Medical officer 19 (3.4)
2. Have you submitted an article to JKSR as a first author or corresponding author in the last three years? (553) 6. Medical officer 1. No 19 (3.4) 333 (60.2)
2. Once 124 (22.4)
3. More than once 96 (17.4)
2–1. If you have submitted an article to JKSR, what kind of manuscript have you submitted? (multiple choices possible) (368) 1. Case report 187 (50.8)
2. Original article 147 (39.9)
3. Review 17 (4.6)
4. Pictorial essay 12 (3.3)
5. Special report 5 (1.4)
2–2. Why did you choose JKSR for submission of your manuscript? (370) 1. To fulfill the requirement for board examination 226 (61.1)
2. High acceptance rate of manuscript 70 (18.9)
3. Urgent publication required for performance and achievement reporting (satisfying research achievement and promotion standards) 48 (13.0)
4. Others 26 (7.0)
2–3. Why did you not choose JSKR for submission of your manuscript? (268) 1. Because JKSR is not a SCI(E) journal, publication in JSKR is not recognized as achievement 158 (59.0)
2. Others 86 (32.1)
3. Long time from submission to decision 17 (6.3)
4. Complicated submission process 7 (2.6)
3. Have you ever read the articles of JKSR in the last three years? (552) 1. More than once in six months 193 (34.9)
2. More than once in a year 124 (22.5)
3. More than once in a month 96 (17.4)
3. More than once in a month 4. No 96 (17.4) 139 (25.2)
3–1. If you have read the articles of JSKR, through which route do you read? (459) 1. Journal home page 235 (51.2)
2. Google 116 (25.3)
3. Printed book 86 (18.7)
4. Others 22 (4.8)
3–2.If you have read the articles of JKSR, what kinds of articles do you read? (multiple choices possible) (849) 4. Others 1. Original article 22 (4.8) 305 (35.9)
2. Case report 256 (30.2)
3. Review 123 (14.5)
4. Pictorial essay 118 (13.9)
5. Special report 47 (5.5)
3–3. If you have not read the articles of JKSR, what is the reason? (153) 1. Not found in PubMed 60 (39.2)
2. No useful articles 50 (32.7)
3. Others 29 (18.9)
4. Written in English 14 (9.2)
4. In what direction should JKSR advance in the future? Please describe it freely (173) 1. Switching contents (increase reviews and articles on health policy for residents, private physicians, and hospitalists) 61 (35.3)
2. Maintaining the role of the journal for board examination requirements for residents 21 (12.1)
3. Maintaining present condition 20 (11.6)
4. All articles written in Korean 17 (9.8)
5. All articles written in English and promotion to SCI(E) by combining with KJR or becoming a second journal to KJR 15 (8.7)
6. Improve the journal system 14 (8.0)
7. Improve the quality of the journal by reducing the number of case reports and lowering acceptance rate 10 (5.8)
8. Switching the journal to a case report journal 10 (5.8)
9. Closure of JKSR 5 (2.9)

9. Closure of JKSR 5 (2.9) JKSR = Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, KJR = Korean Journal of Radiology