Current status and future direction of interventional neuroradiology, the official journal of the world Federation interventional and therapeutic neuroradiology.

SUMMARY: Interventional Neuroradiology (INR) is an international journal devoted to a highly sub-specialized field with international editorial board members and a representative journal through which the specialty of neurointervention has continuously evolved, especially through the efforts and passion of Professor Pierre Lasjaunias. Articles in INR are submitted by authors in many countries worldwide and are peer reviewed by international referees. Considering that interventional neuroradiology is the highly specialized field that INR pursues, the impact factor or the Eigenfactor score of INR is still very low partly because the LinkOut services, including PubMed, are not yet provided in a sufficiently open way. Ethical research standards should also be emphasized in INR.