tronella | Black Pean Information #2 & #3

I had fun translating this last time, so here are some more (source). Both of these have spoilers for episode 1, and the second part seems to include some vague hints about a certain character, so if you don't want to know anything even vaguely spoilery, please avoid it.

Let me tell you this before episode 1 airs: what is an "impact factor"?
This time, as a special edition, I'm introducing something that I'd like you to memorise before episode 1 airs.
The phrase "impact factor", which appears many times in the drama.
To become the best, doctors desperately compete over a "certain number". It's an indicator that can be said to decide a doctor's value: the "impact factor". This is a number that quantifies the importance and influence of a journal. When a paper is published in a journal, it is calculated based on how many times that paper is cited. Moreover, it is often used to rate a doctor's research performance. In the drama, Dr Saeki and Dr Nishizaki are competing to chair the society. The "Japan Surgical Journal" edited by Ikenaga is the journal with the greatest influence, so publishing articles there affects the impact factors that Saeki and Nishizaki can achieve. This also has a great effect on the choice of Society chair. For this reason, Dr Saeki and Dr Nishizaki are using any way they can to try to get a high impact factor.
* The values used in the drama are lower than real values, as decided by the directors.

[I did think that was weird. These two ~elite~ guys have impact factors in the 70s, but even mine is 33, haha.]

What is a clinical trial coordinator?
A clinical trial coordinator is a pharmacist, nurse or other member of medical staff who collaborates on the work involved in a clinical trial under the guidance of its principal investigator or sub-investigator. They can be contracted employees of medical-related businesses such as medical facilities or pharmaceutical companies, or freelancers who work at various different locations, with a wide range of activities. Their work activities also range from preparing for trial start-up to dealing with trial subjects, collecting and processing trial data or making reports to physicians, and they play a very important role in introducing new drugs or medical devices, supporting the future of medical treatment and supporting patients.
In this drama, freelance clinical trial coordinator Kinoshita Kaori uses unauthorised methods, whether good or evil, as she desperately tries to make a certain "wish" come true. I hope you'll watch every episode and be moved by that wish.
* The actions of this character include work activities that are not part of a real trial coordinator's work, as decided by the directors.