The Turkish Journal of Surgery is continuing to innovate to the changing environment of the scientific publishing world. The new year started with the changes on our cover page starting with the turquoise cover to make lasting impression and captivate attention. I believe that visual abstracts or infographics are one of the effective ways to disseminate the research on social media platforms. These eye-catching pictural representations complement to the scientific articles. Hence, we added the “visual abstracts” tag to the website and we will continue to highlight the essence of articles under this tag in future issues. Also, we’ll continue to share them in our new Instagram (@TurkJSurgery) and X (formerly Twitter, @TurkJSurgery) addresses along with the latest articles, announcements and contents.

“Turkish Journal of Surgery Newbies” tag is dedicated to surgical residents and ones having interest on surgical career. Exclusively, TurkJSurg Newbies platform will be managed by surgical residents in terms of content. So the surgical trainees and also postdoc/medical students can share their study proposals, scientific projects and more in our website. I always prefer to keep my face towards the sunshine, so I sincerely admire our TurkJSurg Newbies Committee for their enthusiasm and determination.

Sometimes most difficult thing is the decision to act and the rest is merely tenacity. Our board recognized that all we need is a new plan, a road map and courage to press on to our destination. Since goal setting is the secret of a compelling future, members of the TurkJSurg Editorial board worked very hard to set the new goals. Our ideas grew and grew from a little mustard seed to a big one. Actually, it was a period of change, not austerity. I must confess that I was haunted by some doubts during this journey. Since, TurkJSurg is the official publication of Turkish Surgical Society, with the full support of Turkish Surgical Society Executive Committee, we had at hand the opportunity to reorganize our journal. So, many thanks to the executive members who gave the continence to regain my confidence.

And as always, thanks to our readers for their support.

Prof. M. Umit Ugurlu

TurkJSurg Editor-in-Chief