Figura 1.

If we study the Argentine Journal of Interventional Cardioangiology (RACI) Google analytics and compare the last 5 years we will see the growing interest this journal has created within our medical specialty both in and out of our country. Interest has probably even spread to other medical specialties associated with ours, though not necessarily focused on percutaneous coronary interventions.

If we analyze the last 5 years using the same yearly period from March through October corresponding to the three annual issues of RACI we will see a significant growth in the number of users and visits to the journal official website.

This growth is evident going from 3540 users in 2017 to 8322 users in 2021, a 58% increase in the number of users, which is somehow similar to the increase seen in the number of sessions from 5066 in 2017 to 10 464 in 2021.

Year after year this increase can be seen in the number of sessions and in the number of new users who join us (Figure).

We should remind our readers that the Argentine College of Interventional Cardioangiology (CACI) only has somewhere around 600 active members including those who are students at CACI, that is, it is obvious that there are many more readers compared to affiliate members.

The number of affiliate members to each scientific society should be taken into consideration if we are to compare our journal to other cardiology journals in our country.

We should mention that this growth remained stable throughout this entire period: 21% in 2018 vs 2017; 10.5% in 2019 vs 2018; 23% in 2020 vs 2019, and 22% in 2021 vs 2020

Each issue of our journal is simultaneously published in Spanish and English since 2020.

A total of 50% of the users come from our country, 25% from the region, and the remaining 25% from the United States of America. Regarding users, our journal is invariably well positioned among the leading 3 counties. Also, the presence of our journal is felt in countries like France, Spain, and over the last few years China, which is consistent with the moment when we decided to publish our journal in both English and Spanish languages.

In conclusion our journal ongoing growth is the direct consequence of the quality of the manuscripts submitted, the simultaneous English edition of all the articles published in our journal, and the growing number of citations RACI currently has.

This issue includes original articles, case reports, and also a review article on the left main coronary artery submitted to us by Mount Sinai Working Group (New York, NY, United States) lead by Dr. George Dangas, MD.

Among the articles that can be visited through our website with their corresponding DOI we will find a review paper on coronary lithotripsy submitted to us by the MedStar Institute Working Group (Washington D.C., United States) lead by Dr. Ron Waksman, MD. This article will be available in the upcoming second issue of the journal (2Q 2022).

Throughout these years we have published reviews and editorials from some of the world’s most cited interventional cardiology experts in our specialty.

It is our responsibility and that of the entire Editorial Board to keep feeding the growth of our journal.

Alfredo E. Rodríguez MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI
Editor-in-chief
Argentine Journal of Interventional Cardioangiology (RACI)

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