Copenhagen, Denmark August 2010 – Report on Ultraschall in der Medizin/European Journal of Ultrasound to the Board of Directors

Ultraschall in der Medizin has been the official journal of EFSUMB since 2004. Eleven national societies now have bulk subscription for the journal, which is close to 60% of the EFSUMB members. The members in these 11 countries receive all six annual numbers of the journal, the remaining receive issue one each year.

Price for bulk subscription in 2010 is 22.95 € plus 9.51 € postage. For individual subscription by EFSUMB members the price is 115 €, the regular subscription rate is 338.40 €

Ultraschall has five editors: Karlheinz Seitz, Eberhard Merz, Kurt Jäger, Gerhard Mostbeck and myself. Each editor is responsible for handling specific topics.

The impact factor for 2009 is 2,394 (2,389 in 2008). The journal is still the highest-ranking interdisciplinary ultrasound journal. The majority of published articles are in English. UiM/EJU currently ranks #37 out of 104 journals listed in the category RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING. With the impact factor 2008 it ranked #43.

EFSUMB’s 2008 CEUS guidelines tops the list of online read abstracts as well as downloaded PDFs. The top list of submitted manuscripts per country for the last 12 months has Germany as number one, followed by Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Romania and Austria.

During 2009 and the beginning of 2010 has been a steady increase in the number of manuscripts submitted compared to previous years. The increase is currently 10% each year.

During EUROSON 2010 in Copenhagen there will be a scientific session with the editors of Ultraschall in der Medizin.

Michael Bachmann Nielsen
Editor of Ultraschall in der Medizin/European Journal of Ultrasound