Clin Neuroradiol (2022)32:601–602
             https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-022-01208-4
              EDITORIAL
             ClinicalNeuroradiology: ChallengesandPerspectives
             LászlóSolymosi1
             Accepted:29July2022
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             Last year, we reported on the enormous success Clinical         We are looking forward to your continued support of
             Neuroradiology had seen over the course of the past three    the journal as readers, authors and reviewers and will take
             decades [1]. The journal has seen a continuous increase      all measures to continue to offer a just and profound peer
             in both article accesses (Fig. 1) and article submissions    review process and to serve as an excellent publication
             (Fig. 2), showing the increasing interest of the research    home for research of the international neuroradiological
             communityin our publications both as authors and readers.    community.
                Journal metrics, such as article accesses and submis-
             sions, showcase a journal’s development within its field;     László Solymosi
             as such, the journal impact factor receives much attention   Editor-in-Chief
             as one of the most prominent journal metrics.
                While the journal impact factor of Clinical Neuroradiol-
             ogy has risen continuously in recent years, we are seeing
             a drop for the first time on publication of the journal impact
             factors in mid-2022 (Fig. 3):                                                 63,347
                While the number of citations relevant for the journal                      70,498                              2018
             impact factor 2021 increased by 44% in comparison to the                                                           2019
             previousyear,the increase in the numberof published items                              106,689                     2020
             was even greater with around 66%.                                                                     172,361      2021
                This is not only due to a higher number of quality papers
             accepted by the journal, but also a reflection of the changes 0         50,000     100,000    150,000     200,000
             in impact factor calculation undertaken in recent years by
             Clarivate: For the first time, the early access content from  Fig. 1 Development of article accesses at Clinical Neuroradiology in
             the 2020 data was incorporated into the denominator of the   recent years
             Journal Impact Factor (JIF), the number of citable items,    700
             while additional citations stem from the inclusion of ad-
             ditional early access content in 2021 contributing to the    600
             numerator [2].
                This change in calculation, along with the enormous im-   500
             pact of COVID-19 on publications and citations has caused
             many shifts in citation numbers and rankings. While this     400
             has affected a dip in impact factor and ranking for Clinical 300
             Neuroradiology this year, we are positive that the quality of
             our submissions and publications continues to increase.      200
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              LászlóSolymosi                                                0
                solymosi_l@ukw.de                                                   2018         2019         2020        2021
             1  Dept. of Neuroradiology, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg,   Fig. 2 Development of article submissions to Clinical Neuroradiology
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