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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many APM authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, APM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

APM Annual Report (2023)

In 2023, APM has published a total of 185 articles, encompassing a diverse range of content: 28% Original Article, 24% Review Article, 20% Editorial, 10 Editorial Commentary, 7% Case Report, 6% Letter to the Editor, and 5% Other Article Types. Corresponding authors came from 30 countries, with mostly from USA, China and Japan. According to the Google Analytics, APM attracted 840,459 visitors and garnered 1,428,951 pageviews in the past year. Readership was primarily from USA, with notable engagement from India, China, the UK, and Canada. For a comprehensive overview, please refer to the detailed report below.

The most downloaded articles published in Annals of Palliative Medicine in 2022

Citations are a critical factor for academic journals in determining their impact factor. Yet downloads are a primary indicator of interest in a particular subject, which informs us of the topics in which our readership is most enthusiastic. As these two measures are highly correlated (2), in an emphasis on our readership and presenting readers with the articles of most interest to them, we are happy to detail the top 10 most downloaded articles published in APM from 2022.

Top reviewers for Annals of Palliative Medicine from 2022

We are honored to take the time to acknowledge all of those who have served in the peer review process for the journal. Below is the list of the top 10 Annals of Palliative Medicine reviewers for 2022 (Table 1). Each of these reviewers completed multiple peer review assignments and provided high quality and timely reviews.

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Message From the Editor-in-Chief | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

The benefits of oral nutritional supplements in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy

Charles B. Simone II

PDF Pages: 468-470 Full Text (57) COI Form Open Access

Editorial

The art of radiofrequency ablation

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Kristopher Kennedy

PDF Pages: 471-476 Full Text (38) COI Form Open Access

Original Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Clinical outcomes of antithrombin III supplementation in an overt disseminated intravascular coagulation: a longitudinal single-institutional experience and retrospective analysis

SongAm Lee, JunSeok Kim, Michael Ji, HyeongJu Moon, WooSurng Lee

PDF Pages: 477-495 Full Text (56) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Place of living at end-of-life according to cause of death: a comparative analysis of all decedents 70 years or older in 2009–2013 in Finland and Norway

Gudrun Waaler Bjørnelv, Eline Aas, Mari Aaltonen, Terje P. Hagen, Lisbeth Thoresen, Leena Forma

PDF Pages: 496-512 Full Text (31) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Comparative analysis of symptom burdens and influential factors among diverse terminally-ill patients

Genevieve Ataa Fordjour, Amy Yin Man Chow, Victoria Ka-Ying Hui, Cecilia Lai Wan Chan

PDF Pages: 513-530 Full Text (87) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Do advanced cancer patients and their caregivers agree on preferred place of patient’s death?—a prospective cohort study of patient-caregiver dyads

Chetna Malhotra, Wei Sheng Loo, Isha Chaudhry; on behalf of COMPASS Study Group

PDF Pages: 531-541 Full Text (50) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Expert Consensus | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Palliative psychiatry: research, clinical, and educational priorities

Sarah Levitt, Rachel B. Cooper, Mona Gupta, Jeffrey Kirby, Lucy Panko, Daniel Rosenbaum, Kelli Stajduhar, Manuel Trachsel, Danusha Vinoraj, Anna Lisa Westermair, Anne Woods, Daniel Z. Buchman

PDF Pages: 542-557 Full Text (64) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Palliative care tumor board: a narrative review and presentation of a novel conference to enhance collaboration and coordination of pain and symptom management for patients with advanced cancer

Dana Guyer, Timothy Steinhoff, Aaron W. P. Maxwell, Tara Szymanski, Sahar Shahamatdar, Mauricio Pinto, Khaldoun Almhanna

PDF Pages: 558-567 Full Text (36) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Spirituality in advanced cancer: implications for care in oncologic emergencies

Tracy A. Balboni

PDF Pages: 568-574 Full Text (45) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Interventions for behavioral health comorbidities in the hospice setting: a scoping review

Lilla Brody, Karolina Sadowska, Maureen Ekwebelem, Alexis Hollingsworth, Michael Ong, Tejas Subramanian, Drew Wright, Veerawat Phongtankuel, M. Carrington Reid, Milagros D. Silva, Daniel Shalev

PDF Pages: 575-597 Full Text (45) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

The role of palliative care for patients with left ventricular assist devices: a narrative review

Badr Abdullah, Richa Gupta, Kelley M. Anderson, Keki Balsara, Farooq H. Sheikh, Hunter Groninger, Anirudh Rao

PDF Pages: 598-606 Full Text (36) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Narrative review: what constitutes contemporary, high-quality end-of-life care and can lessons be learned from medieval history?

Carole A. Paley, Ash T. Paley, Lucy E. Ziegler, Eloise C. Kane, Iona McCleery, Emma J. Chapman

PDF Pages: 607-619 Full Text (81) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Management of malignant superior vena cava syndrome

Ronald Chow, Charles B. Simone II, Andreas Rimner

PDF Pages: 620-626 Full Text (49) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Outcomes of care during the last month of life: a systematic review to inform the development of a core outcome set

Valentina González-Jaramillo, Nora Luethi, Martina Egloff, Zayne M. Roa-Díaz, Nathalia González-Jaramillo, Catalina Díaz-Ríos, Andri Christen-Cevallos Rosero, Susanna Dodd, Steffen Eychmüller, Sofía C. Zambrano

PDF Pages: 627-640 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Palliative care for patients with gastroesophageal cancer at all stages: a narrative review

Kathryn DeCarli, Dana Guyer, Khaldoun Almhanna

PDF Pages: 641-653 Full Text (52) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Other Serious or Advanced Diseases

Palliative care in kidney transplant recipients with graft failure

Maggie Kam-Man Ma, Desmond Yat-Hin Yap, Kwok-Ying Chan, Tak Mao Chan

PDF Pages: 654-660 Full Text (38) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Transitions between skilled home health and hospice for persons living with dementia: a systematic review of literature

Sharon E. Bigger, Robin Ann Foreman, Christiana Keinath, Gail L. Towsley

PDF Pages: 661-673 Full Text (45) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

End-of-life care for cancer patients with pre-existing severe mental disorders—a systematic review

Haukur Svansson, Kirstine Bøndergaard, Poul Videbech, Mette Kjærgaard Nielsen, Jane Ege Møller, Louise Elkjær Fløe, Terese Myhre Bentson, Mette Asbjoern Neergaard

PDF Pages: 674-684 Full Text (56) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Scoping review of end-of-life care for persons with anorexia nervosa

Anna L. Westermair, Sascha Weber, Patricia Westmoreland, Philip S. Mehler, Frank Elsner, Manuel Trachsel

PDF Pages: 685-707 Full Text (81) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Assisted suicide in persons with mental disorders: a review of clinical-ethical arguments and recommendations

Georg Marckmann, Thomas Pollmächer

PDF Pages: 708-718 Full Text (38) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

A narrative review of oncologic emergencies in patients with head and neck cancers: initial management and the role of radiation therapy

Badr Id Said, Antoine Eskander, Anish Kapadia, Zain A. Husain

PDF Pages: 719-728 Full Text (34) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Real-world CAR-T findings for large B-cell lymphoma from a single institution experience

Forat Lutfi, Aung M. Tun, Marc Hoffmann, Nausheen Ahmed

PDF Pages: 729-732 Full Text (42) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A phase II trial on radiotherapy for high-risk asymptomatic bone metastases—creating more questions than answers?

Adrian Wai Chan, Charles B. Simone II, Joanne M. van der Velden, Yvette van der Linden, Peter Hoskin, Jay Detsky, J. Isabelle Choi, Shing Fung Lee, Henry C. Y. Wong, Emily J. Martin, Srinivas Raman, Dirk Rades, Jonas Willmann, Agata Rembielak, Joanna Kazmierska, Emily R. Keit, Gustavo Nader Marta, Vassilios Vassiliou, Sara Alcorn, Pierluigi Bonomo, Eva Oldenburger

PDF Pages: 733-738 Full Text (45) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Analysis of competitors in the U.S. palliative care organizational consulting industry

Seowoo Kim, Brenna Mossman, Hallie Voss, Michael Hoerger

PDF Pages: 739-743 Full Text (45) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Models of integration of oncology and palliative care

David Hui, Eduardo Bruera

The end of life nursing education nursing consortium project

Betty Ferrell, Pam Malloy, Rose Virani

Review Article

Cut points for mild, moderate, and severe pain among cancer and non-cancer patients: a literature review

Aaron Woo, Breanne Lechner, Terence Fu, C. Shun Wong, Nicholas Chiu, Henry Lam, Natalie Pulenzas, Hany Soliman, Carlo DeAngelis, Edward Chow

A review of the trials which examine early integration of outpatient and home palliative care for patients with serious illnesses

Mellar P. Davis, Jennifer S. Temel, Tracy Balboni, Paul Glare

Early integration of palliative care into oncology: evidence, challenges and barriers

Wanqing Iris Zhi, Thomas J. Smith

Recent advances in the pharmacological management of acute and chronic pain

Stephan A. Schug, Catherine Goddard

External beam radiotherapy and bone metastases

Candice Johnstone, Stephen T. Lutz

Palliative radiotherapy for advanced malignancies in a changing oncologic landscape: guiding principles and practice implementation

Joshua A. Jones, Charles B. Simone II

Palliative care for patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Charles B. Simone II, Joshua A. Jones

Spirituality, religion and palliative care

Patrice Richardson

Below are the latest Annals of Palliative Medicine articles published online ahead of print publication.

Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Radiofrequency ablation of the hip: review

Mark P. Pressler, Christian Renwick, Abby Lawson, Priyanka Singla, Sayed E. Wahezi, Lynn R. Kohan

Published online: 29 May 2024

Mini-Review | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Re-irradiation practice and ESTRO/EORTC consensus recommendations: 2023 ASTRO education panel

Shing Fung Lee, Peter J. Hoskin

Published online: 27 May 2024

Review Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Professional unmet needs in the palliative care field (a scoping review)

María Victoria Callejón-Martínez, Virginia Patricia Aguiar-Leiva, Maria Luisa Martín-Rosello, Eva Víbora-Martín, Inmaculada Ruiz-Torreras, Pilar Barnestein-Fonseca

Published online: 23 May 2024

Original Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Key factors for establishing and sustaining a successful palliative radiation oncology program: a survey of the Society for Palliative Radiation Oncology

Deborah C. Marshall, Kavita Dharmarajan, Randy Wei, Yolanda D. Tseng, Jessica Schuster, Joshua A. Jones, Candice Johnstone, Tracy Balboni, Simon S. Lo, Jared R. Robbins

Published online: 20 May 2024

Review Article | Public Health in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Palliative care interventional research in general practice: a narrative review of factors affecting research conduct

Matthew Grant, Maike van der Waal, Tania Pastrana, Joel Rhee, Saskia Teunissen

Published online: 08 May 2024

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Other Serious or Advanced Diseases

Palliative care considerations for the older adults with HIV/AIDS: a clinical practice review

Phanthira C. Tamsukhin, Raffaele M. Bernardo, Serife Eti

Published online: 08 May 2024

Editorial

Comprehensive care for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: insights from the 2022 San Antonio Liver Cancer Symposium

Sukeshi Patel Arora, Sherri Rauenzahn Cervantez

Published online: 08 May 2024

Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

A narrative review of risk mitigation strategies in the management of opioids for chronic pain and palliative care in older adults: interprofessional collaboration with the pharmacist

Insaf Mohammad, Candice L. Garwood, Lisa Binns-Emerick

Published online: 07 May 2024

Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Narrative review of radiofrequency ablation applications in peripheral nerves

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Christopher L. Robinson, Theodore Peters

Published online: 27 April 2024

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Other Serious or Advanced Diseases

Clinical practice review: outpatient palliative care for the geriatric chronic kidney disease population

Helena I. Kurniawan, Kate R. Sciacca, Melissa W. Wachterman, Samantha L. Gelfand

Published online: 26 April 2024

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Implementation of kidney palliative care—lessons learned from the US Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Kidney Palliative Care Workgroup, Paul M. Palevsky, Scott Shreve, Susan P. Y. Wong

Published online: 24 April 2024

Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Narrative review of malignant ascites: epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and treatment

Takako Ikegami, Hiroto Ishiki, Toru Kadono, Tetsuya Ito, Naosuke Yokomichi

Published online: 17 April 2024

Mini-Review | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Reirradiation of metastases of the central nervous system: part 2—metastatic epidural spinal cord compression

Dirk Rades, Charles B. Simone II, Henry C. Y. Wong, Edward Chow, Shing Fung Lee, Peter A. S. Johnstone

Published online: 20 March 2024

Mini-Review | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Reirradiation of metastases of the central nervous system: part 1—brain metastasis

Dirk Rades, Charles B. Simone II, Henry C. Y. Wong, Edward Chow, Shing Fung Lee, Peter A. S. Johnstone

Published online: 19 March 2024

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Palliative care in the older adult with cancer and the role of the geriatrician: a narrative review

Bibban Bant Deol, Lisa Binns-Emerick, Mohammad Kang, Pragnesh Patel

Published online: 15 March 2024

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Other Serious or Advanced Diseases

Palliative care for older adults with cardiovascular disease

Smrithi Sukumar, Lillian Flashner, Jessica L. Logeman, Lauren K. O’Shea, Haider J. Warraich

Published online: 12 March 2024

Review Article | Public Health in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Palliative care in the older adult Veteran

Eva P. Szymanski, Simon Wallace, Deborah Way, Erin M. Haley

Published online: 13 December 2023

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Palliative care in dementia

Elena Gupta, Pragnesh Patel

Published online: 06 November 2023

Journal Highlight more

Annals of Palliative Medicine is an open access, international, peer-reviewed journal indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE. The journal covers palliative medicine across all multidisciplinary aspects, including oncology, psychology, surgery, nursing, public health, education, nutrition, sociology, ethics, and policy. Furthermore, the journal focuses on cutting-edge developments in the transition from preclinical to clinical research like multimodality therapy, diagnosis, markers, imaging, biology, pathology, prevention, and technical advances related to palliative medicine.

Message From the Editor-in-Chief more

The benefits of oral nutritional supplements in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy

Vol 13, No 3 (May 31, 2024) More >>

The optimal timing of oral anticoagulation therapy for ischemic stroke management

Vol 13, No 2 (March 31, 2024) More >>

The evolution of palliative medicine and its integration with oncology care

Vol 13, No 1 (January 31, 2024) More >>

Reviewers more

In 2024, APM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. More >>

In 2023, APM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. More >>

In 2022, APM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. More >>

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In Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Date of acceptance: January 11, 2019
Date of final decision on discontinued coverage: April 14, 2023

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Message From the Editor-in-Chief | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Editorial

Original Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Original Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Original Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Original Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Expert Consensus | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Review Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Review Article | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Review Article | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Review Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Other Serious or Advanced Diseases

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Review Article | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Editorial Commentary | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Editorial Commentary | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

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