Jiangsu Stroke Association (China) became the academic support organization of AN.
AN was accepted for inclusion in Scopus (Elsevier).
AN obtained the Print ISSN: 3060-8589.
AN was included in the List of Journals Following the ICMJE Recommendations.
AN was indexed in CAS database.
AN was indexed in Dimensions and Lens databases.
AN was indexed in Google Scholar, J-Gate, Crossref, and Scilit databases.
AN started to use the self-developed Online Submission System (OSS).
The inaugural issue was released.
AN was officially launched with the appointment of its founding Editors-in-Chief: Professor Yun Xu from the Department of Neurology, Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, China, and Professor Anthony George Rudd from King's College London, UK. The journal was assigned the Electronic ISSN 2810-9619.