A Letter to Our Reviewers— the Core of Pediatric Quality and Safety
Richard J. Brilli, Richard Eugene McClead, Ryan S. Bode, Robert Gajarski, David C. Stockwell
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TopicsNursing Roles and Practices · Child and Adolescent Health
Ten years ago, we embarked on a journey to create a medical journal focused exclusively on quality improvement and patient safety in the pediatric community. Our mission was to create “an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online periodical dedicated to providing healthcare professionals a forum to disseminate the results of quality improvement and patient safety initiatives that impact the lives of children from fetus to young adulthood.”
With our publisher’s support, Wolters Kluwer-LWW, Pediatric Quality and Safety (PQS) was born and, in September 2016, published its first issue. This initial issue featured commentaries from the chief executive officers of 2 children’s hospitals—reflecting their strong support for quality improvement and patient safety and the importance of a journal, such as PQS, to disseminate and publicize that work. Since then, PQS has received 1,246 original manuscripts, published 687 papers, and is now indexed on all major indices. It received its first impact factor (1.1) in June 2023, which increased to 1.2 last year. This result is an outstanding achievement, considering that fewer than 15% of the 30,000 published medical journals receive an impact factor.
Although most PQS authors are from the United States, we receive many papers from other regions, including Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. The PQS website receives over 6,000 views each month. Seventy percent of website visitors are from the United States; however, 20% are from the United Kingdom, India, Canada, Australia, and China.
Pediatric Quality and Safety would not be possible without the strong support of a pediatric quality improvement and safety community that serves as peer reviewers for the Journal. Each published manuscript has at least 2 peer reviewers with quality improvement and subject matter content expertise. Journal peer reviewing can be a “thankless job,” and while the recognition for the time and effort required to complete a thorough and constructive critique is limited, it is essential for any journal. To this end, we are working with our publishers to develop a CME component for journal reviews, similar to other larger journals such as NEJM and Pediatrics.
Much of our Journal’s success has derived from the more than 2,000 PQS peer reviewers and our superb Editorial Board, who have given their time and expertise to help us publish cutting-edge and pragmatic quality improvement work.
We applaud your dedication and THANK YOU for your commitment to the core component of our journal—high-quality peer review.
Those reviewers who have reviewed 10 or more manuscripts are listed in the table, ordered by the number of completed reviews.