LS 2022 Annual Report

Greetings from Dr. Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri and the Editorial Office of Laparoscopic Surgery (LS)!

We are pleased to share with you the LS 2022 Annual Report. In 2022, with the joint effort and support of all contributors, LS made progress with publication of 40 articles, 2 published special series, 4 upcoming special series, and increasing website pageviews and visitors.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors, and readers for all your support and contributions to LS. We wish you a bright, healthy, and prosperous 2023!

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Laparoscopic Surgery (LS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Beginning in September 2022, the Laparoscopic Surgery (LS)adopted the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG) joint statement and pledges to "strive for diversity in the peer review process and among the editorial boards and editorial leaders."

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Reviewer of the Month (2023)

In 2023, LS reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

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Laparoscopic Surgery (LS) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Laparoscopic Surgery (LS) is among the list of COPE membership.

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Amplifying the Voices of Women Surgeon Scientists (Ongoing)

The series on “Amplifying the Voices of Women Surgeon Scientists” is edited by Dr. Nadia Russolillo from Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy.

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Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy (Ongoing)

The series on “Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy” is edited by Dr. Robert Sutcliffe, MD, FRCS from Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

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Clinical Applications of Fluorescence Imaging in Laparoscopic Surgery

The laparoscopic approach has greatly improved patient care throughout various surgical subspecialties. Minimizing surgical trauma has a beneficial effect on patient recovery and decreases complications. In this series of Laparoscopic Surgery we highlight the clinical application of fluorescence imaging throughout various laparoscopic abdominal surgical procedures. This series include a comprehensive overview of fluorescence imaging during robotic surgery and reviews about liver surgery, colorectal liver metastases surgery, lymphadenectomy during colorectal surgery and dyes for real-time ureter imaging. We hope this series will be of interest for all readers providing useful information about the current status of fluorescence guided laparoscopic surgery.     Read More>>

Hernia Surgery

Worldwide, more than 20 million patients undergo groin hernia repair annually. Thus, eventfree outcome is important to avoid extensive sick leave and to diminish chronic pain after surgery. Denmark and Sweden probably have some of the strongest registry-based research traditions in the world with hundreds of different clinical databases that can be linked to other national registries where data can be traced back to individuals. We launch a theme series on hernia surgery focusing on some of the current research activity in Denmark and Sweden. This series do not cover all the different areas of ongoing research but will focus on some of the activity including the influence of the two hernia registries.

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Minimally Invasive Resections for Liver Malignancies: Among Certainties and Controversies

Despite initial skepticism, laparoscopic liver resection is now considered a safe option for patients affected by primary and secondary liver malignancies. In this special series, I have invited worldwide experts on the field of laparoscopic liver surgery to discuss the benefits and the controversies of minimally invasive approach to malignancies.

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Laparoscopic Surgery of the Liver and Spleen

In the late 80s and early 90s the surgical world experienced a seismic shift in the way biliary tract surgery was performed. The time tested “open” cholecystectomy gave way to the minimally invasive approach of “Laparoscopic” cholecystectomy. In the year 2020, it is a rare occasion where an elective cholecystectomy is not performed laparoscopically. As the optics and equipment have steadily improved, not to mention the introduction of robotics, minimally invasive surgery is now limited only by ones imagination. These series of manuscripts address themselves to specific area of minimally invasive surgical techniques when approaching diseases of the liver and spleen.

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AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers

AME Publishing Company entered an official partnership with Publons, a product of Clarivate Analytic Company (which owns Web of Science, EndNote, ScholarOne, among many others), as of April 2020. Around 60 AME journals’ peer review systems are now integrated seamlessly into the Publons platform (https://publons.com/about/home). The partnership was done to recognize our expert peer reviewers spontaneously for their review contribution.

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