The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine's long road to being listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded

摘要

On February 7, 2014, The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (KJIM) received a letter from Thomson Reuters indicating its acceptance into the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) list of journals. It has been 28 years since the founding of the KJIM, and 7 years since prepara- tions for its registration into the SCIE began in earnest. Herein, I have summarized the evolu- tion process of the KJIM over the course of these preparations, in the hope that it will be of some help to other associations looking at developing journals with a global reach.