Greetings from Dr. Abe Fingerhut, Dr. Minhua Zheng and Editorial Office of Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery (ALES)!
Here we are glad to present a brief report of ALES’ progress in 2017. In the last year, ALES has a steady increase of publication (total 175 articles are published). Among them, 73 are Review and Original Articles. Authors are mainly from America and Japan. Besides, ALES has also published a few focused issues led by experts in the field. More details could be read in the following report.
We are grateful to all the Editorial Board Members, Guest Editors, Authors, Reviewers and Readers, for all your support to ALES in 2017. In the new year of 2018, we warmly welcome more experts’ joining and hope to work more with you to make the journal a better platform!
Sincerely,
Editorial Office
Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery
2017 Annual Report at https://ales.amegroups.org/public/addition/ales/ales-annual-report-2017.pdf