Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 2025 CiteScore Released: 0.6

We are pleased to announce that the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has achieved its 2025 CiteScore: 0.6. VATS ranks as follows across various categories: 455 out of 597 in Surgery, 901 out of 1022 in Computer Science Applications, and 142 out of 165 in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. This milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to publishing impactful research in the field.

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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2026)

In 2026, many VATS authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

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VATS Annual Report (2025)

Greetings from Dr. Lunxu Liu, Dr. Savvas Lampridis and Editorial Office of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)!

Till December 31, 2025, VATS has a total of 58 Editorial Board Members from 8 countries. 36 articles have been published last year with 55% Review Article, 28% Original Article, 6% Editorial/Editorial Commentary, 6% Case Report/Case Series and 5% Surgical Technique. Corresponding authors came from 10 countries, with mostly from USA and Japan. According to the Google Analytics, VATS drew the attention of 44,182 visitors and accumulated 119,824 pageviews in the past year, with the majority coming from the USA, followed by UK, India, China, Canada and Australia. For a comprehensive overview, please refer to the detailed report below.

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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

October 2, 2025 — Wolters Kluwer Health announced a new collaboration with AME Publishing Company, an Open Access publisher specializing in medical journals and books, headquartered in Hong Kong, China.

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Reviewer of the Month (2026)

In 2026, VATS reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

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Interviews with Editorial Board Members

VATS features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

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