“…The observations of Yaprak Bayrack et al [2] point to a changing landscape in the medical journal publishing world, with the USA, India, Japan, Italy, and Brazil being the five countries with the highest number of publications in high-impact factor cytopathology journals. The steady increase in the centres practising cytopathology, the high-er amount of funds allocated to research, as well as the overall improved proficiency in English are the likely causes for India to be occupying the second rank.…”