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SNMMI PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT SNMMI Board of Directors, June 2015

Committee Charges:

 To coordinate all SNMMI publication activities; to continuously monitor the needs of the field and to suggest new publications; to oversee publication of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.  To evaluate the desirability of publications projects presented to the society.  To research and respond to publishing trends in the field of nuclear medicine. This can include book topics, book and journal publishers, new medical journals, medical journal practices and article topics, and journal peer-review practices and technologies.  To research and respond to trends in the publishing industry. This can include print and electronic publishing technologies as well as journal peer-review practices and technologies.  To survey and respond to the SNMMI membership and journal readership regarding the society's publications.

Progress to Date:

SNMMI Journals: JNM/JNMT  JNM is in good health, with some positives balanced by some negatives. Trend charts are included at the end of this report.  Submissions decreased 5% from 2013 (1160) to 2014 (1105); the acceptance rate for 2014 was 29%.  Turnaround improved significantly: . Turnaround from submission to publication was 226 days in 2013 vs 154 in 2014 (–46%). . Turnaround from submission to ahead-of-print publication was 189 days in 2013 vs 121 in 2014 (–56%). This is due in part to posting accepted papers online at an earlier stage of production.  Approximately 73% of 2014 submissions came from outside the United States.  With its 2013 impact factor of 5.563 (announced in July 2014), JNM maintains its rank of #1 among nuclear medicine journals and #6 among all medical imaging journals. (See chart at end of report; non–nuclear medicine journals shown with dashed lines.) The 2014 impact factors will be announced in summer 2015.  In CY2014, JNM subscription revenue exceeded budget by $10,988. This year’s budget is on track.  The percentage of journal “subscription” revenue budgeted to come from nontraditional areas—multi-site licenses, consortia-based subscriptions and royalty-based distribution—is now 44%, compared to 2% just five years ago. Of the remaining individual and institutional subscriptions, more than 48% are now online-only (compared to 35% last year).  The June 2014 JNM supplement “PET/MR Imaging: Potential Research and Clinical Applications,” guest edited by Johannes Czernin, MD, had been downloaded more than 47,000 times.  Supplements: In 2015, in addition to the AM abstracts, three supplements have been published: . Abstracts, AACR/SNMMI joint conference on Molecular Imaging in Cancer Biology and Therapy— February 2015, published with joint funding.

SNMMI Publications Committee, June 2015 Page 1 of 3 . Abstracts, Third Theranostics World Congress on Gallium-68 and PRRT—May 2015, funded by advertising. . Heart Failure, Myocardial Denervation, and Noninvasive Imaging, guest edited by Vasken Dilsizian and Jagat Narula—June 2015, funded by grants from GE and Fuji. Further supplements are in progress for 2016, including: . A breast cancer supplement, guest edited by David Mankoff and Johannes Czernin, scheduled for February 2016. . A prostate cancer supplement, guest edited by Hossein Jadvar, scheduled for September 2016.  The JNM Editors’ Strategic Planning Meeting was held February 21-22, 2015. A report will be distributed to the committee at the annual meeting.  JNMT statistics: JNMT also is in good health. In 2014, 95 papers were submitted, and 46% of those came from outside the U.S.; 66% of submissions were accepted. Average turnaround from submission to print was 209 days; turnaround from submission to online publication was 127 days. Average page count in 2014 was 94.  Dominique Delbeke’s term ends December 31, 2016; a JNM Editor Search Task Force has been formed, chaired by Steve Larson, and is meeting in Baltimore. A call for applications has been disseminated. Applications must be turned in by November 2015; the transition period is July–December 2021; and the term itself is January 2017 through December 2021.

Molecular Imaging Journal (Decker)  SNMMI renewed its sponsorship of the Molecular Imaging journal, published by Decker Publishing, for 2015 for one year only.  The impact factor of Molecular Imaging slipped from 3.408 to 2.191 as of June 2014; the rank among all medical imaging journals slipped from 21 to 42.  Effective January 2015, Decker has raised the article fee from $2,090 to $2,200 (developed countries) and from $950 to $1,100 (developing countries). SNMMI members receive a 25% discount. There is no longer a special fee reduction for CMIIT members.  Effective January 2015, Decker will pay the society a $500 fee for each article published by an SNMMI member in the MI journal after 5 articles. (Note: In 2014, 5 articles were published by SNMMI members.)  The new contract specifies that the publisher will work to reduce the total time from submission to online publication to no more than 3 months. In addition, the publisher has agreed to complete upgrades to the website by July 2015; to update the page numbers on published articles once they are published in an issue; and to adjust the size/placement of the SNMMI logo so that it is appropriate to the society’s role. As of June 1, only the logo issue has been resolved.  An Editorial Advisory Board meeting will take place after the SNMMI Publications Committee meeting on June 5.

Books  In June 2015 SNMMI published two books: . The monograph Radiobiology and Dosimetry for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy with Alpha-Particle Emitters, edited by George Sgouros. . The Highlights Lectures, 1981-2009, a compilation of Henry Wagner highlights lectures, with a preface by Fred Fahey and a foreword by Jim Adelstein; this is a limited, numbered edition of 100 books.  The MIRD Primer is in revision.

SNMMI Publications Committee, June 2015 Page 2 of 3  SNMMI-TS has published 3 books so far in 2015: Basic Science of Nuclear Medicine, by Kai Lee, PhD, and 2nd editions of the NCT and PET study guides.

Advertising and Other  As of June 1, FY15 advertising for JNM is at 76% ($262,770) of budget and for JNMT it is at 94% ($29,123) of budget. Total advertising (including the SNMMI website, program book, and MWM program book) is at 66% of budget.

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