Volume 73, No.2: 2021 Siriraj Medical Journal
https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/index
141
Editorial
SMJ
Annual Report’s SMJ-2020
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. awatchai Akaraviputh
Since 1948the journalhas been introduced to the academia under the name of“Siriraj Hospital Gazette”. In
2007 the journal was converted into English version and the journal name was changed to “Siriraj Medical Journal”.
e Siriraj Medical Journal is named aer PrinceSiriraj Kakudhabhand, the 18-month-old son of King Rama V, who
passed away fromdysenterya year before the opening of the Siriraj Hospital. e medical school was established
two years later in 1890. e Siriraj Medical Journal (SMJ) has published more than 70 issues continuously for the
past 70 years.
SMJ is now an open access, peer-reviewed journal governed by the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital,
Mahidol University and also the ocial journal of ai Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE) and
International Association of Surgeons Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO) ai Chapter.
In 2020, 150 articles were completely submitted to the SMJ. is number is constantly growing over the last
few years. e acceptance rate is now about 50-60%. Most authors whose articles did not reach to scientic quality
or priority for publication would be notied within 4 weeks aer complete submission.
In 2021, the journal aim to publish an issue in a monthly basis which could increase the number of publication
up to 120 articles per annum. International, multi-national or multi-institute articles are most welcome to be
published in this journal with both international and national peer reviewers.
TABLE 1. Annual number of manuscripts accepted and rejected by SMJ
Volume 73, No.2: 2021 Siriraj Medical Journal
https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/index
142
TABLE 2. Editorial Outcome rates 2018-2020
TABLE 3. Average speed for accepting or rejecting manuscripts by SMJ.
Submissions in 2018-2020 came from over 20 different countries; Thailand represented 80% of total
submissions to SMJ and 70% of accepted articles.
Akaraviputh
Volume 73, No.2: 2021 Siriraj Medical Journal
https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/index
143
Editorial
SMJ
TABLE 4. e top countries of authors from which articles were accepted to be published in SMJ.
Number of manuscripts
Country (total = 222)
2020 (63) 2019 (74) 2018 (85)
Thailand 58 74 84
United States 5 1 8
Malaysia 2 2 4
India 2
Japan 1 6
Singapore 1 2 2
Myanmar 1 2
Germany 1 1
Denmark 2
Nepal 3
Taiwan 3
France 2
Australia 2
Journal metrics
In 2019, the ranking of the SMJ was in the 4
th
quartile of Scopus database. e CiteScore was 0.1, SJR 0.114
and SNIP 0.065 which is the rst outcome of the journal.
Top 5 cited articles of the SMJ (according to Scopus) published since 2016
TABLE 5. e most cited SMJ publications (to January 8, 2021)
Manuscripts Citations 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total
Yr./Total 1 10 24 1 36
1. An association of Cryptococcus neoformans/ 2019 2 2
C. gattii genotype and HIV status in Asia: A systematic review
2. Robotic surgery in Thailand: Current status and future 2018 2 2
development
3. The normal reference values of carrying angle from birth 2018 2 2
to adolescence
4. The association between mammographic and ultrasound features 2018 2 2
and histologic grade in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast
5. Signicanceofmicroscopicresidualtumorinadenocarcinoma 2018 1 1 2
of stomach and esophagogastric junction after gastrectomy with
D2 lymphadenectomy
Volume 73, No.2: 2021 Siriraj Medical Journal
https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/index
144
Top 10 articles viewed & downloaded from the ocial website (https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj)
until end of 2020.
Special Issue published.
In 2019, SMJ published a special issue with the title
“Surgery” in volume 73, No.6, November-December.
ere are 12 original articles. We plan to publish a special
issue of “Pediatric” in next year.
Prof. awatchai Akaraviputh
M.D., Dr. med. (Hamburg)
Editor-in-Chief
Looking ahead.
In 2021 we will focus on attracting more high-quality submissions from around the world, improving our
editorial process by using editorial manager system, publishing more papers and increasing our citescore. We will
monitor the progress in these aspects closely. We also aim to expand the visibility of the journal through partnerships
and more prominent social media presence.
For all that SMJ has achieved this year, I am deeply indebted to the editorial board both national and international,
and also to Managing Editor, Associated Editor and Assistant Editor. I would like to convey my gratitude to the
many scholars who peer reviewed SMJ manuscripts during the past year. We thank all of our partners for the
publishing and enthusiasm by which they sustain our operations.
Akaraviputh