On September 5, 2014, the 3rd editorial committee meeting of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International (HBPD INT) was held at Mirror Lake Hotel, Shaoxing, China. Participants include Prof. Wan-Yee Lau from Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, China, Prof. Chung-Mau Lo from University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, China, Prof. Alan S. Livingstone from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA, Prof. Holger Kalthoff from University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Germany, Prof. Moulay Aloui-Jamali from McGill University, Canada, Prof. Hongqun Liu from University of Calgary, Canada, and Prof. Kwan Man from University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, China. A total of 40 members attended this meeting. Prof. Shou-Chu Qian, managing editor, presided over the meeting.
At the beginning, Prof. Shu-Sen Zheng, chief editor, briefly introduced the current status of HBPD INT and outlined the contribution of the editorial members in the past 13 years. Indexed in SCI-E and other databases, HBPD INT now has an impact factor of 1.167 (2013 Journal Citation Reports). Currently, HBPD INT needs a breakthrough in further development. An action has been taken to assign Profs. Wan-Yee Lau, Chung-Mau Lo, Alan S. Livingstone, Holger Kalthoff and Moulay Aloui-Jamali as deputy chief editors (2015-2016), attempting to improve the quality of the journal by soliciting more submissions from important centers around the world. They also will play an important part in writing and reviewing articles within their fields. Prof. Hongqun Liu, from his experience as the past-managing editor of Liver International, suggested the ways of how to improve the impact factor of the journal and how to handle the submissions timely.
On behalf of the newly-assigned deputy chief editors, Prof. Lau expressed their willingness to work well as deputy chief editors and offered some advices. Profs. Kalthoff, Alaoui-Jamali, Lo, and Livingstone also gave advices for the development of the journal. The staff under the editorship of Prof. Zheng and his associates are sure to make the journal one of the best journals in the world.