Announcements - Journal of Visualized Surgery

Posted: 2026-06-23

New Impact Factor for Journal of Visualized Surgery: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has attained its latest impact factor for the 2025 citation year: 0.4.

Posted: 2026-06-18

Journal of Visualized Surgery 2025 CiteScore Released: 0.8

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has achieved its 2025 CiteScore: 0.8.

Posted: 2026-06-08

Join us at the MedStar Health International Colorectal Disease Symposium 2026

The MedStar Health International Colorectal Disease Symposium 2026 is going to be held at the Fairmont Washington D.C. Georgetown, Washington, D.C., USA from June 18 to 19, 2026.

Posted: 2026-06-02

Journal of Visualized Surgery is accepted for indexing in PubMed/PubMed Central (PMC)

We are delighted to announce that Journal of Visualized Surgery has been accepted for indexing by PubMed/PubMed Central (PMC), a free digital archive database of full-text journal literature in biomedical and life sciences.

Posted: 2026-04-01

Welcome to the 2026 Clinical Research Innovation Forum & Editors-in-Chief Meet-and-Greet

We are pleased to invite you to join the 2026 Clinical Research Innovation Forum & Editors-in-Chief Meet-and-Greet co-organized by AME Publishing Company and Wolters Kluwer.The event will take place in the Crystal Court at Hopewell Hotel, Hong Kong, on March 28, 2026.
This forum brings together leading researchers and Editors-in-Chief from distinguished journals worldwide to drive innovation in clinical research and foster high-level academic exchange.

Posted: 2026-01-29

Join us at the 41st Annual EAU Congress (EAU26)

The 41st Annual EAU Congress (EAU26), Europe’s biggest urological event, is going to be held in London, UK from March 13 to 16, 2026

Posted: 2026-01-13

JOVS Annual Report (2025)

Greetings from Drs. Alan Sihoe and Marco Scarci and Editorial Office of Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS)!

Posted: 2025-11-12

Join us at the 9th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery

The 9th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery (WCPCCS) is going to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China from December 7 to 12, 2025: www.wcpccs2025.org.

Posted: 2025-10-08

AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

The agreement broadens the reach of nearly 50 Open Access titles, contributing globally to over 5,000 articles

Posted: 2025-06-18

The First Impact Factor for Journal of Visualized Surgery: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has attained its first impact factor for the 2024 citation year: 0.4.

Posted: 2025-06-17

Journal of Visualized Surgery 2024 CiteScore Released: 0.7

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has achieved its 2024 CiteScore: 0.7. JOVS ranks as follows across various categories: 432 out of 568 journals in the Communication category, 1310 out of 1620 in Education, and 378 out of 535 in Communication. This milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to publishing impactful research in the field.

Posted: 2025-05-30

Join us at the Asia Thoracic Cancer Care Summit (ATCCS), Hong Kong in 2025

Posted: 2025-03-07

Join us at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)

Posted: 2025-02-11

Join us at the 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is going to be held at the Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA, USA from May 2 to 5, 2025: https://events.aats.org/am25.

Posted: 2025-01-09

JOVS Annual Report (2024)

Greetings from Dr. Alan Sihoe and Editorial Office of Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS)!

Posted: 2024-10-22

Exhibition in the 14th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting (ITMIG 2024) & the 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Lung Cancer Society

The 14th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting (ITMIG 2024) is going to be held on October 30 – November 1, 2024, in Yokohama, Japan (https://conference.itmig.org/).

Posted: 2024-07-31

Testimonials for JOVS from Eminent Experts Worldwide in 2024

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for JOVS.

Posted: 2024-06-14

Journal of Visualized Surgery 2023 CiteScore Released: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Visualized Surgery
(JOVS) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 0.4, ranking 410 out of 511 journals in the Communication category.

Posted: 2024-05-13

Join us at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery

The 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery is going to be held in May 26-28, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain: https://ests2024.com/ests2024.

Posted: 2024-04-18

JOVS is officially indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

On April 18, 2024, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) that the journal had been selected for inclusion in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Articles published in JOVS after 2022, beginning with Vol 8, will be included in Emerging Sources Citation Index (Figure 1).

Posted: 2024-01-11

JOVS Annual Report (2023)

Greetings from Dr. Alan Sihoe and Editorial Office of Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS)!

Posted: 2023-08-22

Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) is indexed in Scopus

On August 19, 2023, we received the good news from Elsevier that Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus.

Posted: 2023-07-04

The 2nd Bronchoscopic Ablation Summit (BAS 2023), 26-27 October 2023, Hong Kong

We would like to warmly welcome you to the 2nd Bronchoscopic Ablation Summit (BAS 2023) taking place in Hong Kong.

Posted: 2023-06-08

Testimonials for JOVS from Eminent Experts Worldwide in 2023

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for JOVS.

Posted: 2023-04-19

Join us at the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery

The 31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery is going to be held in June 4-6, 2023 in Milan, Italy: https://emma.events/ests2023/.

Posted: 2023-03-15

Full implementation of transparent peer review at Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to fully implement the transparent peer review (TPR) process for all new submission from March 15, 2023.

Posted: 2023-03-07

Join us at the 103rd Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

Posted: 2023-01-11

JOVS Annual Report (2022)

Greetings from Dr. Alan Sihoe and Editorial Office of Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS)!

Posted: 2022-11-04

Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) will begin publishing bimonthly, starting January 2023

Since its launch in January 2015, Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) keeps a continuous publication schedule so that articles are published online as soon as they are ready and as quickly as possible. Starting from January 2020, JOVS has been published quarterly.

Posted: 2022-10-13

Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Posted: 2022-01-17

JOVS Annual Report (2021)

Greetings from Dr. Alan Sihoe and Editorial Office of Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS)!

Posted: 2021-11-05

Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) is among the list of COPE membership.

Posted: 2021-01-15

JOVS Annual Report (2020)

Taking this opportunity, we’d extend our sincere thanks to all the Editorial Board Members, Guest Editors, Authors, Reviewers and Readers, for all your contribution and support to JOVS in 2020!

Posted: 2020-09-28

This is life—the journey of a pioneer surgeon on a new approach to thoracic Surgery

A DOCUMENTARY recording how a new approach to thoracic surgery has changed people’s lifes premiered in China at the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital on Friday 20th of March with the surgeon who created the technique and the Hollywood-nominated director present.

Posted: 2020-04-29

AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers

AME Publishing Company entered an official partnership with Publons, a product of Clarivate Analytic Company (which owns Web of Science, EndNote, ScholarOne, among many others), as of April 2020.

Posted: 2020-01-15

JOVS Annual Report (2019)

Posted: 2019-10-15

Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in the Journal of Visualized Surgery

Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standing in the Journal of Visualized Surgery

Posted: 2019-10-14

Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) is going to publish quarterly starting in January 2020

Since its launch in 2015, Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has been loved by the community of surgeons and continually providing a professional platform for the sharing of experience in Visualized Surgery between peers so that all patients may benefit from advances made in technique and technology.

Posted: 2019-10-11

The 20th National Meeting of the Italian Thoracic Endoscopy Society (SIET) will be held in Pisa, 10th-12th October, 2019

Posted: 2019-08-19

The 4th North American Aortic Valve Repair Symposium will take place on September 13-14, 2019 in Sofitel Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Posted: 2019-08-19