Gräsner, JTFu Wah Ho, ADicker, B2024-10-212024-10-212024-09-302666-52042666-5204http://hdl.handle.net/10292/18167In the special issue of Resuscitation Plus on resuscitation registries, we were able to publish a pleasingly high number of articles. It became clear that colleagues around the world are active in this field and are making important scientific contributions. The presentation of the various registries, their data dictionaries and their reported epidemiological and clinical outcome options emphasises the importance that such registries have gained in the scientific community. In addition to well-known clinical studies, registries contribute to a further important gain in knowledge in the field of resuscitation. The European guidelines on resuscitation, therefore, consistently include a separate chapter on epidemiology and will also be included in the upcoming guidelines in 2025.© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences3202 Clinical SciencesHeart DiseaseCardiovascular3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematologyOther Form of Assessable OutputOpenAccess10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100790