Recognized, Registered, and Growing Together

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Pediatric Interventional Pulmonology is nearing its first anniversary. What started as an idea has grown, thanks to your energy, expertise, and support, into a living and thriving community.

In just one year, together we have:

• Launched the journal and received high‑quality submissions from around the globe

• Established a international Editorial Board

• Started our educational series with high quality, expert led webinars

• Partnered with PILCA for engaging case discussions

• Built an active, supportive global community of clinicians

• Earlier this year, we gathered for on‑site group meetings and community‑building events at the EABIP Congress in Lisbon and the INSPiRED Congress in Barcelona.

And now, we are proud to share another important milestone:

Our journal has officially been assigned
an ISSN: 3102-2405! 🎉

This recognition means that our work is now formally part of the global scientific record. It’s a step that ensures the contributions of our community will be visible, accessible, and citable for years to come.

Over the coming months, we’ll be taking important steps to strengthen the journal’s visibility and ensure that your contributions are permanently accessible and citable:

• CrossRef registration → all published articles will soon be assigned a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), making them easy to cite and track worldwide

• Permanent repository inclusion → articles will be archived in a trusted, long-term repository to guarantee accessibility for generations to come

• Indexing preparation → we’re laying the groundwork for future inclusion in major academic databases to further increase visibility and impact

Each of these steps will bring more recognition to the work of our community, and more opportunities to advance the field together.

6th Pediatric Interventional Lung Case Academy (PILCA) session September 19 by Dr. Dirk Schramm.

• Date: Friday, September 19, 2025

• Time: 13:00 (Germany) / 7:00 (New York) / 15:00 (Kuwait) / 10:00 PM (Brisbane)

• Access: Join via Microsoft Teams

Want to present a case?

• Please email Dr. Dirk Schramm in advance: [email protected]

• No elaborate slides needed — we value authentic clinical discussion

• Keep initial case presentations to ~10 minutes

For the first time, we will also discuss two scientific topics. Dr. Asli Yilmaz from Konya, Turkey will present two interventional study ideas for which cooperation partners are being sought.

🔜 Coming this fall

After a short summer break, we’ll resume with new webinar sessions:

• Cryotherapy in Pediatric Airways

• Management of Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Exact dates, times, and Zoom registration links will be sent in soon.

📚 Join Our Reviewer Panel?

We’re thrilled by the growing number of article submissions to our journal. To speed up peer review and get accepted manuscripts into your hands faster, we are expanding our reviewer pool.

Click your choice above or simply reply with “Yes” or “No.”

💬 We Value Your Feedback

Your thoughts help shape our content and community. If you have ideas for future topics or suggestions on how we can improve, please reply to this email and let us know!

Stay Connected

Thank you for being part of this growing community. Stay tuned for upcoming publications, new webinars and much more!

Sincerely,

Assist. Prof. Matej Šapina, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
Pediatric Interventional Pulmonology

For inquiries or to submit your manuscript, please visit www.pipj.org or contact our editorial office at [email protected].