Prof Lundgren’s significant contribution to SAJAA and its future

Abstract

Prof Chris Lundgren was the Editor-in-Chief of the Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia (SAJAA) for a remarkable 14 years from 2001-2015. Under her excellent guidance, the journal has developed and grown to the point that the Academy of Science for South Africa’s (ASSAf) review of scholarly publishing in South Africa found SAJAA to be worthy of continued accreditation with the Department of Higher Education and Training.¹ During her editorship, applications were made to Medline and Thomson Reuters for inclusion in their databases, which were unsuccessful unfortunately. However, they generated useful feedback on both how to improve the standard of the journal and the importance thereof. The quality of the journal and the published articles has improved through subsequent implementation of these recommendations.