This year, 12 years are commemorated since I assumed as Editor-in-chief of the Argentine Journal of Interventional Cardioangiology (RACI).

For years, we have seen its growth, which can be quantified. However, the acknowledgement received from our colleagues as well as the new generations of specialists’ growing interest in publishing are much more important.

Today RACI has its own identity; it has kept a quarterly publication of at least 9 articles in each issue among which we can find originals, clinical cases, reviews, consensus and editorials.

Specialists from the most different regions of the world have published reviews, editorials and even original articles in it for years. Among them, we can mention almost all of the best known representatives of our specialty such as the United States of America, Canada, Europe, India, China and of our region, Latin America.

In these 12 years including this issue, 46 specialists from abroad have contributed in RACI, which means almost an article by issue.

In the same year of incorporation, we obtained the ISSN number and we started achieving indexations in well-known and different search engines and databases, such as Google Scholar, Latindex, WorldCat, REDIB, J-Gate etc., and so far we have succeeded in being indexed in 11 of them.

Furthermore, all the articles have their own DOI number since the article has been accepted and it is in press.

We are also working with the Editorial in achieving soon a completely automated system for sending articles, via web, within the journal website, which is a very important requirement to be able to index the journal in the biggest search engines and databases, such as PubMed, Embase and Scopus.

Since the year 2020, we started the edition of all the issues in English, which has enlarged the offer to our readers.

This year, by my own decision, and due to new editorial challenges about me, I have decided to leave the Managing position of RACI Journal. I believe it is time for new generations of the specialty to continue with this job. There are many young specialists who are very interested in the scientific activity. It is time they took over the task.

From another place, I will continue supporting in what the new authorities may desire.

For all these years, we have shared with the different authorities of CACI, full of new generations of interventional cardiologists, and I have seen their interest regarding the sustained growth of RACI journal.

I think it can be no other way: CACI scientific growth must be surely accompanied by a scientific body with its own scientific production, which makes scientific societies survive over the years.

I thank all the different boards of directors for the support they have had for these 12 years, as well as the editorial board that has accompanied me in this adventure.

An affectionate greeting to everybody including firstly to readers, authors, editorial board and to my secretary, Anabel Chesini.

Dr Alfredo E. Rodríguez MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI, IAGS
Editor-in-chief Argentine Journal of Interventional Cardioangiology (RACI)
Period 2012-2024

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