PBPS Journal Watch SOP (version 2/25/2021)
The Education Committee Chair and Executive team will be responsible for selecting the Journal Watch editor and reviewers (3 year term positions).
• A total of 8 reviewers will be recruited for this activity. In alphabetical order:
1. Dr. Daniela Allende (Editor), CCF, Allendd@ccf.org: AJSP, Clin Gastroenterol and Hepatol, Diagnostic Cytopathology
2. Dr. Serdar Balci, Memorial Hospitals Group İstanbul Turkey, drserdarbalci@gmail.com: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Pancreas, American J Clin Pathol
3. Dr. Deyali Chatterjee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, dchatterjee@mdanderson.org: Modern Path, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Cancer
4. Dr. Deepti Dhall, UAB, Deepti ddhall@uabmc.edu: Hepatology, Human Pathology, Cancer Cytopathology
5. Dr. Eva Karamitopoulou, Universität Bern Institut für Pathologie,eva.diamantis@pathology.unibe.ch: Pancreatology, Archives of Pathol and Lab Med, Annals of Surgery
6. Dr. Claudio Luchini, University of Verona, claudio.luchini@univr.it :Virchows Archives, Gut, Endocrine Pathology
7. Dr. Ilke Nalbantoglu, Yale University, Ilke.nalbantoglu@yale.edu: Gastroenterology, Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology, Journal of American Society of Cytopathology
8. Dr. Hanlin Wang, UCLA Medical Center, HanlinWang@mednet.ucla.edu: Histopathology, Am J Gastroenterol, International Journal of Surgical Pathology
• The journals to be reviewed include the list below. Each reviewer will review 3 journals.
List of journals to be reviewed:
1. AJSP
2. Pancreatology
3. Gastroenterology
4. Hepatology
5. Modern Path
6. Histopathology
7. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
8. Virchows Archives
9. Human Pathology
10. Am J Gastroenterol
11. Pancreas
12. Clin Gastroenterol and Hepatol
13. Gut
14. American J Clin Pathol
15. Archives of Pathol and Lab Med
16. Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
17. Cancer Cytopathology
18. Journal of American Society of Cytopathology
19. Diagnostic Cytopathology
20. Annals of Surgical Oncology
21. Annals of Surgery
22. Endocrine Pathology
23. Cancer
24. International Journal of Surgical Pathology
25. Generic search in pubmed using designated search parameters (see below)
• The JW watch will be published bimonthly in PBPS website, during the last week of the month. Publication months are: February, April, June, August, October, and December.
• The Journal Watch editor will be responsible for sending an email to JW reviewers 2 weeks prior (1-5th of the month) summaries submission is due (15th of the month).
• Only in print articles (published) from the prior 2 months will be included.
• The JW will NOT include:
o case reports (unless they are describing a new entity
o clinical/epidemiological based papers
o basic science (any with animal models, organoids, etc)
• A maximum of 3-5 review articles will be considered per JW edition (will be discretionary to the JW editor to select the top 3-5 articles identified).
• The JW will have a maximum of 35 articles (total) per edition. Article will be listed numerically instead of organized per journal or site (ampulla, gallbladder, etc.).
• The email will designate which months will be reviewed and the deadline for submission will be clearly stated.
• The JW editor will collect all references/links from reviewers and compile them in a single document. The document will be sent via email to the Website Committee Chair (Mabel Ko, Serdar Baci) for publication and social media distribution.
• The website committee can tag members of the Education Committee and JW committee in social media to enhance visibility. https://twitter.com/pbpath
• The Education Committee will be copied in the email for notification.
• Formatting guidelines:
1) Title of the study, Reference, link to the article
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
Dengue hepatitis with acute liver failure: Clinical, biochemical, histopathological characteristics and predictors of outcome. Devarbhavi H, Ganga D, Menon M, et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;35(7):1223-1228.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31749188
Generic pubmed search methodology using Mesh – advanced search of PubMed
1. Combines organ site (pick 1 category from A) AND diagnosis (B), exclude journals we are reviewing (NOT include C)
A. Organ site
Pancreas: “pancreas*”[All Fields] OR “pancreas”[MeSH Terms] OR “pancreas”[All Fields]
Gallbladder: “gallbladder”[MeSH Terms] OR “gallbladder”[All Fields] OR “gallbladders”[All Fields] OR “gallbladder s”[All Fields]
Ampulla: “ampulla of vater”[MeSH Terms] OR (“ampulla”[All Fields] AND “vater”[All Fields]) OR “ampulla of vater”[All Fields] OR “ampulla”[All Fields] OR “ampullae”[All Fields] OR “ampullas”[All Fields]
Biliary tract: “biliary tract”[MeSH Terms] OR (“biliary”[All Fields] AND “tract”[All Fields]) OR “biliary tract”[All Fields]
Bile duct: “bile ducts”[MeSH Terms] OR (“bile”[All Fields] AND “ducts”[All Fields]) OR “bile ducts”[All Fields] OR (“bile”[All Fields] AND “duct”[All Fields]) OR “bile duct”[All Fields]
B. Diagnosis
“cysts”[MeSH Terms] OR “cysts”[All Fields] OR “cyst”[All Fields] OR “tumor s”[All Fields] OR “tumoral”[All Fields] OR “tumorous”[All Fields] OR “tumour”[All Fields] OR “neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR “neoplasms”[All Fields] OR “tumor”[All Fields] OR “tumour s”[All Fields] OR “tumoural”[All Fields] OR “tumourous”[All Fields] OR “tumours”[All Fields] OR “tumors”[All Fields] OR “cancer s”[All Fields] OR “cancerated”[All Fields] OR “canceration”[All Fields] OR “cancerization”[All Fields] OR “cancerized”[All Fields] OR “cancerous”[All Fields] OR “cancer”[All Fields] OR “cancers”[All Fields] OR “carcinoma”[MeSH Terms] OR “carcinoma”[All Fields] OR “carcinomas”[All Fields] OR “carcinoma s”[All Fields] OR “adenocarcinoma”[MeSH Terms] OR “adenocarcinoma”[All Fields] OR “adenocarcinomas”[All Fields] OR “adenocarcinoma s”[All Fields] OR “polyp s”[All Fields] OR “polypous”[All Fields] OR “polyps”[MeSH Terms] OR “polyps”[All Fields] OR “polyp”[All Fields] OR “inflammation”[MeSH Terms] OR “inflammation”[All Fields] OR “inflammations”[All Fields] OR “inflammation s”[All Fields]

((“carcinoma, acinar cell”[MeSH Terms] OR (“carcinoma”[All Fields] AND “acinar”[All Fields] AND “cell”[All Fields]) OR “acinar cell carcinoma”[All Fields] OR (“acinar”[All Fields] AND “cell”[All Fields] AND “carcinoma”[All Fields])) AND “english”[Language]) OR ((“pancreatoblastoma”[Supplementary Concept] OR “pancreatoblastoma”[All Fields] OR “pancreatoblastoma”[All Fields] OR “pancreatoblastomas”[All Fields]) AND “english”[Language]) OR ((“cholangiocarcinoma”[MeSH Terms] OR “cholangiocarcinoma”[All Fields] OR “cholangiocarcinomas”[All Fields]) AND “english”[Language]) OR ((“solid”[All Fields] OR “solid s”[All Fields] OR “solids”[All Fields]) AND “pseudopapillary”[All Fields] AND (“neoplasm s”[All Fields] OR “neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR “neoplasms”[All Fields] OR “neoplasm”[All Fields]) AND “english”[Language]) OR ((“intraduct”[All Fields] OR “intraductal”[All Fields] OR “intraductally”[All Fields]) AND (“papillaries”[All Fields] OR “papillary”[All Fields]) AND (“mucine”[All Fields] OR “mucines”[All Fields] OR “mucinous”[All Fields] OR “mucins”[MeSH Terms] OR “mucins”[All Fields] OR “mucin”[All Fields]) AND (“neoplasm s”[All Fields] OR “neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR “neoplasms”[All Fields] OR “neoplasm”[All Fields]) AND “english”[Language]) OR ((“mucine”[All Fields] OR “mucines”[All Fields] OR “mucinous”[All Fields] OR “mucins”[MeSH Terms] OR “mucins”[All Fields] OR “mucin”[All Fields]) AND (“cystic”[All Fields] OR “cystical”[All Fields] OR “cystically”[All Fields] OR “cystics”[All Fields]) AND (“neoplasm s”[All Fields] OR “neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR “neoplasms”[All Fields] OR “neoplasm”[All Fields]) AND “english”[Language]) OR (“intraduct”[All Fields] OR “intraductal”[All Fields] OR “intraductally”[All Fields]) AND (“papillaries”[All Fields] OR “papillary”[All Fields]) AND (“neoplasm s”[All Fields] OR “neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR “neoplasms”[All Fields] OR “neoplasm”[All Fields])
C. All of the journals to exclude (USE “NOT”).
“The American journal of surgical pathology”[Journal] OR ((“pancreatology”[Journal] OR “pancreatology”[All Fields]) AND (“official”[All Fields] OR “officially”[All Fields] OR “officials”[All Fields] OR “officiated”[All Fields] OR “officiating”[All Fields]) AND (“periodicals as topic”[MeSH Terms] OR (“periodicals”[All Fields] AND “topic”[All Fields]) OR “periodicals as topic”[All Fields] OR “journal”[All Fields]) AND (“internation”[All Fields] OR “international”[All Fields] OR “international s”[All Fields] OR “internationals”[All Fields]) AND (“associate”[All Fields] OR “associated”[All Fields] OR “associates”[All Fields] OR “associating”[All Fields] OR “association”[MeSH Terms] OR “association”[All Fields] OR “associations”[All Fields]) AND (“pancreatology”[Journal] OR “pancreatology”[All Fields]) AND “IAP”[All Fields] AND et al[Author]) OR “Gastroenterology”[Journal] OR “hepatology baltimore md”[Journal] OR “modern pathology an official journal of the united states and canadian academy of pathology inc”[Journal] OR “Histopathology”[Journal] OR “the journal of molecular diagnostics jmd”[Journal] OR “virchows archiv an international journal of pathology”[Journal] OR “virchows archiv a pathological anatomy and histopathology”[Journal] OR “virchows archiv b cell pathology including molecular pathology”[Journal] OR “Human pathology”[Journal] OR “The American journal of gastroenterology”[Journal] OR “Pancreas”[Journal] OR “clinical gastroenterology and hepatology the official clinical practice journal of the american gastroenterological association”[Journal] OR “Gut”[Journal] OR “American journal of clinical pathology”[Journal] OR “Archives of pathology laboratory medicine”[Journal] OR “Seminars in diagnostic pathology”[Journal] OR “Cancer cytopathology”[Journal] OR “Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology”[Journal] OR “Diagnostic cytopathology”[Journal] OR “Annals of surgical oncology”[Journal] OR “Annals of surgery”[Journal] OR “Endocrine pathology”[Journal] OR “Cancer”[Journal] OR “International journal of surgical pathology”[Journal]