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Abstract

Three years ago, in 2016, Archives of Plastic Surgery (APS) prepared itself for inclusion in the Science Citation Index Extended (SCIE), but did not succeed. At that time, Thomson Reuters created a new rating system, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), which encompassed many journals that hoped to be included in SCIE. APS could not help but follow the same path.APS, the official journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, has been applying for inclusion in SCIE since it was changed to an all-English journal in 2012. In 2016, APS was reviewed again by Thomson Reuters for inclusion in SCIE and has received notice that it will be reviewed again later this year (2019). APS was not indexed in SCIE in the last review for the following reasons: a lack of international diversity of authors, too many papers with non-citable images, and the fact that many plastic surgery titles already exist. For the last 3 years, APS has been continually striving to improve in response to the issues raised during the previous review, and further details on the process and results are presented below.