Similar Evolutionary Steps: Journal of American College of Surgeons and Journal of Diagnostics and Treatment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Abstract

The Journal of American College of Surgeons (JACS) is a highly prestigious monthly peer-reviewed publication devoted to all aspects of surgery. As of January 28, 2022 the JACS is number 10 among 456 journals in subject area “Medicine” category “Surgery.” The 2020 Impact Factor of JACS is 6.113. The JACS, which has 117 years of traditions of print issues publishing, from January 2022 became a digital-only publication. Such transition is another step of the journal evolution in a dynamically changing academic world. Moreover, in one year the JACS implemented two transitions―the change of publisher and movement to digital-only publication. We recognize five different forms of journal’s evolution/transition: (1) language transition (from native to English), (2) title transition (from longer to shorter one, changing journal’s scope, etc.), (3) publisher transition, (4) publishing format transition (from print-and-online to digital-only), (5) transition from subscription to open access model, etc.