Greeting

Dear Respected Members of the Korean Society of Biomaterials

The eventful year 2023 has passed, and the new year of the Blue Dragon 2024 has begun. I hope this will be a year in which you can achieve all your wishes, like a blue dragon soaring with magic pearl in its mouth.

First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the past presidents, executives, and members who have dedicated their time and energy to the development of our society. In particular, this year, we will focus all of the society's capabilities on successfully hosting the World Biomaterials Congress 2024 (WBC 2024), which will be held in Daegu from May 26 to 31. Concurrently, we will set and pursue the following goals to advance the society.

First, I would like to form a council. Thanks to the great interest and participation of our members, the current membership has now reached approximately 4,600. I plan to establish a council to ensure that the opinions of so many members are duly considered in the society’ operation. This year, we aim to create regulations for the council system with the goal of formally establishing a council in 2025 and electing a senior vice president in 2026.

Second, I would like to proceed with the incorporation of the society. I believe that incorporation is necessary to establish a system that befits the size and history of our society. Through incorporation, we can enhance the operation of the academic society and create a more impactful academic community that can actively contributes to society by carrying out joint service projects with the government, local governments, and social public interest enterprises at the academic level. I will carefully review and proceed with incorporation based on the society's accumulated assets.

Third, Biomaterials Research, the official journal of the Korean Society for Biomaterials, achieved and maintained an Impact Factor (IF) of 11.3 in 2023. This ranks 5th (top 5.20%) among all 96 SCIE journals in the Engineering and Biomedical JCR category and 3rd (top 6.66%) among 45 SCIE journals in the Materials Science and Biomaterials JCR category. This remarkable result was achieved thanks to the hard work and effort of all members. This year as well, we would like to devote all of the society's capabilities and efforts to maintaining the status of the journal by faithfully reflecting the excellent research results of our members.

To achieve these goals, we need a lot of support and help from executives and members. As you have done so far, please watch over us with love and interest this year and provide even a small amount of help for the development of the society.

I wish you stay healthy and would be a bed of roses.

Happy New Year.
Thank you.

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