APM Annual Report (2025)

Greetings from Drs. Charles B. Simone, Zhi-hua Zhu and Editorial Office of Annals of Palliative Medicine (APM)!

In 2025, APM published a total of 79 articles, encompassing a diverse range of content with 25% Original Article and 25% Review Article. Corresponding authors came from 17 countries, with mostly from USA, Japan, and Canada. According to the Google Analytics, APM attracted 680,370 visitors and garnered 1,191,566 pageviews in the past year. Readership was primarily from USA, with notable engagement from China, India, UK, and Singapore. For a comprehensive overview, please refer to the detailed report below.

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AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

The agreement broadens the reach of nearly 50 Open Access titles, contributing globally to over 5,000 articles

October 2, 2025 — Wolters Kluwer Health announced a new collaboration with AME Publishing Company, an Open Access publisher specializing in medical journals and books, headquartered in Hong Kong, China.

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Readers’ Choice: Author Interviews

Welcome to Readers’ Choice: Author Interviews, our exclusive interview series where we connect with the authors behind the most-read papers published in our journal. In each feature, we dive into the inspiration, challenges, and discoveries that have captured the attention of our readers. Through these interviews, we aim to provide our readers with deeper insights into the work that is shaping the future of medicine and healthcare.

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The most downloaded articles published in Annals of Palliative Medicine from 2023

As citations and downloads are highly correlated (2), we have opted to emphasize the interests of our readership and the articles of most interest to them, and we are happy to detail the top 10 most downloaded articles published in Annals of Palliative Medicine from 2023.

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Top reviewers for Annals of Palliative Medicine from 2023

We are honored to take the time to acknowledge all of those who have served in the peer review process for the Annals of Palliative Medicine. These reviewers have enhanced the quality of the articles ultimately accepted for publication, thus ensuring that readers and palliative care clinicians can learn from some of the top articles in our field.

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Interviews with Editorial Board Members

APM features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

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Reviewer of the Month (2026)

In 2026, 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.

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