2024 JCRP Year in Review

This year has been another exciting year for the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. I have enjoyed my first year as editor-in-chief, but there is no way that we could successfully manage the journal without the hard work and dedication of our team of associate editors and our editorial board. I greatly appreciate each of your contributions and am always impressed with your hard work and dedication to the Journal. We continue to see the number of submissions to the Journal increase drastically, and we are on pace to easily exceed 300 submissions well before the end of the calendar year. As such, our acceptance rate for articles continues to go down and is well under 20%. We are receiving many well-done studies and simply cannot publish them all. The Journal continues to compare favorably to similar journals in the field ranking in the 73rd percentile for Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems journals, 87th percentile for Rehabilitation journals, 74th percentile for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals, and 68th percentile for Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine journals. I have listed our top cited manuscripts for issues 42 and 43 in Table 1. Table 1 - Most Frequently Cited Articles, 2022-2023 Author Title Year Citationsa Keteyian et al1 A Review of the Design and Implementation of a Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: An Expanding Opportunity for Optimizing Cardiovascular Care 2022 39 Keteyian et al2 Tracking Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization in Medicare Beneficiaries: 2017 Update 2022 36 Ganeshan et al3 Clinical Outcomes and Qualitative Perceptions of In-person, Hybrid, and Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation 2022 16 Bjarnason-Wehrens et al4 Resistance Training in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, and Valvular Heart Disease: A Review With Special Emphasis on Old Age, Frailty, and Physical Limitations 2022 15 Gaffey et al5 Screening for Psychological Distress and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Related Mortality: A Systematized Review, Meta-Analysis, and Case for Prevention 2022 13 Ehrman et al6 Supervised Exercise Therapy for Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: A Review of Current Experience and Practice-Based Recommendations 2023 11 Milani et al7 Reference Standards for Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Brazil: A Pooled Analysis and Overview of Heterogeneity in National and International Studies 2022 10 Smer et al8 Cardiac Complications of COVID-19 Infection and the Role of Physical Activity 2023 9 Platz et al9 Benefits, Facilitators, and Barriers of Alternative Models of Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Systematic Review 2023 9 Kunutsor et al10 Attenuated Risk of Pneumonia Due to Inflammation by Frequent Sauna Baths: A Prospective Cohort Study 2022 9 aNumber of citations as of August 30, 2024. As I previously mentioned, we are dependent on our editorial board members and other reviewers to provide high quality and timely peer review for the Journal. The associate editors of the Journal and I want to recognize those that go above and beyond in their service to the Journal. This year we want to recognize those reviewers who reviewed 6 or more articles in the 12 months from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. We have listed these “master reviewers” in Table 2. Table 2 - JCRP Top Reviewers for 2024 Shakeel Ahmed Abraham Babu Clinton Brawner Gerene Bauldoff Jeffrey Christle Diann Gaalema Ana Mola Ray Squires Erik Van Iterson As we conclude this exciting year, I want to thank you for your interest and support of the Journal. Thank you for considering us for your research in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation and prevention. I am looking forward to what I hope will be another successful year in 2025.