The Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle stays the front‐runner in geriatrics and gerontology

Division of Cardiology and Metabolism, Department of Cardiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology (CVK), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen Medical Center, Georg-AugustUniversity, Göttingen, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Medicine (DZHK), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

The Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (JCSM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is published together with the Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders and with the support of Wiley publishing. Since JCSM is an open-access journal, all articles are immediately available for free to the entire scientific community. JCSM is devoted to promoting research on cachexia and sarcopenia in chronic illnesses. Other main interests include physiological and pathophysiological changes in body composition in an aging population with and without underlying illness. More recently, a number of publications have also covered the intriguing area of neuromuscular disorders, and Professor Jens Schmidt has joined the editorial team with an excellent knowledge of the area. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Special research interests otherwise include lipolysis, muscle wasting, and biomarkers for metabolic changes. The Journal is therefore attractive for many different medical specialities such as clinicians, physicians, trialists, basic scientists, pharmacologists, nurses, physiotherapists, biochemists, biologists, dieticians, and students. Editor-in-chief is Professor Stefan D. Anker, co-editor-in-chief is Professor Stephan von Haehling, and senior consulting editor is Professor Andrew J. S. Coats. The editorial team is composed of Monika Diek and Corinna Denecke, which we very much want to thank for their great work. We also want to thank our many different associate editors and reviewers, as well as the authors themselves that constantly submit new papers. JCSM was first published in 2010 and is now in its 10th issue. The number of issues has steadily increased over the years from 2 since 2010, to 4 since 2011, to 5 since 2016, to 6 since 2017, and lastly to 7 since 2018.
Worldwide, all journals are constantly comparing each other with the help of different scores and ratings. In Europe and the United States, the most important rating is the Thomson Scientific impact factor. It is calculated by adding up all citations that are made in the current year for articles published in the last 2 years, divided by the number of original articles and reviews published in the last 2 years. Therefore, the impact factor is always published about 6-7 months after the end of each year-for instance, in summer 2019, the 2018 impact factors were released. For the second time in a row, JCSM has received a two-digit impact factor: 10.754 (2018), which we think is a tremendous accomplishment ( Figure 1). Since 2013, JCSM has managed to increase its impact factor by 45%. For comparison, we looked at two other journals that also publish in the fields of cachexia, nutrition, and aging associated changes in the body: 'Nutrition' (2018 impact factor 3.591) and 'The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging' (JNHA, 2018 impact factor 2.660). Since 2013, Nutrition was able to increase its impact factor by 18%, while the impact factor of JNHA remained constant.
Looking at the most cited scientific papers in JCSM from 2016, 2017, and 2018 9 (Tables 1-3), one can see that there is great interest in original articles and reviews but also some of the Editorials gather a lot on interest. A total of 33 scientific papers published between 2016 and 2018 have already been cited ≥25 times (counted until 16th of August 2019). In the same time, in the journal Nutrition, a total of 25 scientific papers have been cited ≥25 times (Tables 4-6), while six scientific papers in JNHA have been cited ≥25 times (Tables 7-9). We        15 Tang Y Administration of probiotic mixture DM#1 ameliorated 5-fluorouracil-induced intestinal mucositis and dysbiosis in rats Basic nutritional investigation 15 124 15 Abdulrazaq M Effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on arthritic pain: a systematic review Review 15 125 17       21 Tucker LA Consumption of nuts and seeds and telomere length in 5,582 men and women of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Article 9 205 22 Bleijenberg N Disability in the individual ADL, IADL, and mobility among older adults: a prospective cohort study Article 8 206

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Chassagne P Tolerance and long-term efficacy of polyethylene glycol 4000 (ForlaxA (R)) compared to lactulose in elderly patients with chronic constipation

Conflict of interest
None declared.  10 Kelaiditi E Cognitive frailty: rational and definition from an (IANA/IAGG) international consensus group 2013 Article 231 264