Erratum: Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia: Beacon journey toward excellence: 2015-2017.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.197801].

In the article titled, “Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia: Beacon journey toward excellence: 2015-2017” published in pages 1-3, issue 1, vol. 20 of Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia[1], the first paragraph under the heading “The Need for Higher Indexing Was Foremost” on page 1 is written incorrectly. The correct paragraph should read as below:

It has been a conscientious bold attempt by me as an editor of this prestigious journal to give it an international look, with more original and review articles added in each issue and decrease the number of case reports, to make ACA an ideal journal for its availability and continuation at SCOPUS and MEDLINE, besides getting selected at, PUBMED CENTRAL (PMC), then Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) (Figure 4a). With a strong commitment with the publisher and increasing submissions, tremendous reviewer and author's cooperation, that the journal (within the one and a half years of taking over as editor), became available at two of the major bibliographic platforms besides improving its overall metrics on other platforms where it was previously available. The National and International Editorial board members too have always shared a common goal of improving and maintaining the interests of the journal. The wait for an impact factor from SCIe is on… but with its selection in ESCI, it is just a matter of time. Lastly, ACA face change with more numbers and coloured pages was all for global visibility and higher indexing. Having achieved the same, we now revert to a black and white look (January–March 2017 issue the economy had to be met!).

In the article, third sentence under the heading “The Future of Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia” is written incorrectly and should read as the following sentence:

Gender bias, professional rivalry, and the need to restrict money spent on the academics of ACA can hamper its steep growth and we all need to ensure that this never happens.

Figure 4 (a) and its figure legend are incorrect. The correct figure legend and figure should appear as follows:

Figure 4

(a) The journal was included in DOAJ in Jan 2004. In Medline and Scopus in Jan 2007. In PMC and ESCI in Jan 2016 and April 2016 respectively. Also, the journal is under evaluation for SCIe