Greetings,

As the new Editor-in-Chief of The Laryngoscope as of October 2019, I am excited to continue our well-established relationship with Taiwan edition of The Laryngoscope. I am particularly enthusiastic about developing stronger international ties for our journal.

As you know, The Laryngoscope was first published in 1896, and is the official journal of the American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (also known as “The Triological Society”), the American Laryngological Association, and the American Broncho-Esophagological Association.

The journal is published for The Triological Society by Wiley and has exceptionally high bibliometric indices including an impact factor of 2.343, and, of great importance, the highest lifetime H index (134), H-5 index (55), and Eigenfactor indices (just under .03) of all otolaryngology journals. The indices show, in an even more nuanced way, the strength of the journal.

We are also proud to have published many landmark papers in the specialty over many decades. A study of the Top 100 cited articles in Otolaryngology from the 20th century found that The Laryngoscope had more articles than any other journal (1). A follow-up article in 2017 found that this trend has continued with The Laryngoscope among the very top journals of the most cited articles in the field between 1985 – 2014 as well (2).

We publish clinical and basic research articles covering the entire spectrum of the specialty, and we are very selective, with an acceptance rate of approximately 25%. In addition to original articles (“Original Reports”), we publish brief evidence-based reviews on common clinical topics (“Trio Society Best Practice” articles), “How I Do It” articles and videos, and Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of important topics.

I work closely with an outstanding group of Associate Editors, and a large Editorial Board to assist me in reviewing the continually increasing submissions we receive annually (2,600+ in 2018; trending towards over 2,900 in 2019), and approximately 60% of our submissions are from outside the U.S.A. The journal is available online (www.laryngoscope.com), with full access to the complete archives of the journal for subscribers, and features such as a compendium of past Trio Society Best Practice articles, and lists of Most Cited and Most Read articles.

In The Laryngoscope Taiwan edition, the local editorial team takes great care to select articles from recent issues of The Laryngoscope they believe will be of particular interest and usefulness, which I hope you will enjoy.