Journal History

2013	The inaugural issue was released. JDB was published as a quarterly journal.
2015	JDB was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2016	JDB announced the first edition of the Travel awards.
2017	JDB was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2018	JDB was indexed in PubMed - National Library of Medicine.
	FAST Track for Editorial Evaluation of Already Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts.
2020	JDB received an updated CiteScore (2019) of 4.2.
2023	The year 2023 marked the 10th Anniversary of JDB. JDB received its first Impact Factor (2.7).
2024	JDB received its 2023 Impact Factor (2.2). JDB received an updated CiteScore (2023) of 4.1. JDB announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award.
2025	JDB received an updated CiteScore (2024) of 4.5. JDB received its 2024 Impact Factor (2.5).

Editor-in-Chief

2012–2016	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Andy Wessels
2016–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Simon J. Conway