Filling a gap in theESC Journal Family: a warm welcome to theEHJ – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes
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The editorial introduces the new EHJ – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes journal, highlighting its role in addressing the need for outcomes research and quality of care studies in cardiovascular medicine.
Key Points
- To introduce the journal EHJ – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes and outline its role in closing educational, quality assessment, and health economic gaps in cardiovascular medicine.
- Editorial overview detailing the operational expansion, publication metrics, and manuscript transfer protocols across the 14-member European Society of Cardiology (ESC) journal portfolio.
- Evaluation of manuscript referral data from 2014 tracking the volume of transferred and subsequently accepted papers across specialty titles.
- Assessment of cardiovascular translational research gaps spanning randomized trials, clinical guideline uptake, cost-effectiveness, and real-world outcomes.
- The ESC portfolio expanded to 14 cardiovascular journals, supported by a manuscript transfer system where 741 papers were flagged, 419 were evaluated by sister journals, and 55 were accepted after revision in 2014.
- Institutional subscriptions for the flagship journal grew by 25% with annual downloads nearing 6 million, while transferred papers demonstrated higher subsequent citation rates than direct submissions.
- The new specialty journal addresses systemic needs for real-world registry analysis, cost-effectiveness evaluations, and implementation metrics to track everyday clinical practice beyond standard trial populations.
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Thomas F. Lüscher (2015) studied this question.