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.
We take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude to the Editorial Board Members, Guest Editors, Authors, Reviewers and Readers, for your contribution and support to VATS all the time. Looking ahead to 2026, we eagerly anticipate more opportunities to work with you and warmly welcome new experts’ joining to make the journal a robust and dynamic platform!
Sincerely,
Editorial Office
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
2025 Annual Report at PDF