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01-11-2014 | Healthcare Policy and Outcomes
Annals of Surgical Oncology: The First 20 Years
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 12/2014
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This is the 21st year of publication of the Annals of Surgical Oncology, one of the youngest of all the top 10 surgical journals. It is a year to celebrate the enormous impact of the journal as the authoritative surgical oncology journal in the world and also to review its history over two decades. Table 1 provides a timeline of key enhancements in the journal’s growth over the past two decades.
Table 1
Timeline of Annals growth milestones
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1991: SSO papers published in various journals, with the Presidential Address in the Archives of Surgery
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1992: SSO decides to publish its own journal; contracts with Raven Press
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1993: Dr. Balch appointed as Editor-in-Chief, Drs. Donald Morton and Edward Copeland as Associate Editors, and Dr. Mark Roh as Assistant Editor and Coleen Hubona as the Managing Editor
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1994: First issue of ASO is published, 6 issues total in year
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1998: Publication online as well as in print publishing
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1999: Contract renewal with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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2004: Contract with Springer
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2005: Complete electronic peer review process
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2005: Video and dynamic manuscripts published
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2008: 14 issues published
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2009: Color images published at no fee to authors
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2010: ASBrS makes ASO their official journal
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2013: 16 issues published
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2013: MOC Part II CME credit available for selected articles
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