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We are pleased to announce that Hepatoma Research Journal is now becoming a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

On January 15, 2019, the Annual Report meeting of the Hepatoma Research was held in Xi’an, China. The report on the development of the journal over the past year was given by HR Editorial Office, which reads as follows.

The Third Editorial Board Meeting of the journal Hepatoma Research (HR) was held in Xi’an on September 22rd, where the participants discussed in particular the future development of the journal and the current popular topics in liver cancer.

Since its inauguration in April 2015, Hepatoma Research (HR) has constantly adhered to the concept of high quality publishing and has continued to develop. It has made numerous advancements in 2017 and gained recognition from more experts in the field of liver cancer research. The world has heard our voice.

The second summit forum and the 2017 second Editorial Board meeting of the journal, Hepatoma Research, were held on November 25, 2017, in the beautiful city of Nanning, Guangxi Province, China. This Editorial Board meeting was the third Editorial Board Meeting to be held in the journal’s history, the first being in New Orleans, in the USA in April 2016 and the second being in Rongcheng, in China in July 2017.

A summit forum and the 2017 First Editorial Board meeting of the journal, Hepatoma Research, were held on July 16, 2017, in the beautiful city of Rongcheng, Shandong Province, China. This Editorial Board meeting was the second Editorial Board Meeting to be held in the journal's history, the first being in New Orleans, in the USA in April 2016.

In June, 2017, Hepatoma Research (HR) enters a new era with the change of its Editor-in-Chief (EIC). After two years as the EIC of HR, Prof. Joseph. F. Buell stepped back and was appointed as the honorary EIC of the journal by OAE Publishing Inc.. Former associate editor, Prof. Guang-Wen Cao, was elected as the new EIC with a term of two years.

From February 15-19, 2017, the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) was held at the Shanghai International Convention Center in China. Lisa Huang, the Managing Editor of Hepatoma Research (HR) and Assistant Editors Coco Kou and Bonnie Wang attended the meeting to promote the Journal.