What is the purpose of launching World Journal of Anesthesiology?

• 作者: Zhi-Yi Zuo
• 来源期刊: 世界麻醉学杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: ANESTHESIOLOGY JOURNAL Open access PEER-REVIEWED PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（1）
• 页码范围: 1-3
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R

摘要

The launch of World Journal of Anesthesiology(WJA)is great news for the community of anesthesiology.Anesthesiology is a rapidly evolving medical specialty.The practice of anesthesia is broad and has an important impact on our society.Thus,it is necessary to have a multi-modal system to rapidly disseminate anesthesiology-related knowledge.WJA’s preparatory work was initiated on December 3,2010,will be published on December 27,2011.The WJA Editorial Board has now been established and consists of 121 distinguished experts from 28 countries.It will publish various formats of papers including original studies,review,commentary,guidelines,case report,book review and letters to the editor.The publication of the accepted papers will be quick and it is free of charge for readers to download and read any articles in the journal.Thus,WJA should be an excellent choice for anyone to consider publishing anesthesiology-related papers.Congratulations to the birth of WJA,a new member of World series journal family.