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Monday 10 December 2012

Archives of Surgery will become JAMA Surgery


Beginning in January 2013, Archives of Surgery will become JAMA Surgery, a member of The JAMA Network, a group of 10 leading medical journals.

Advantages to publishing in JAMA Surgery include

  • A single portal that links articles across all 10 journals via semantic tagging
  • 27 million annual online visits
  • Online First: 90% of major articles will be published Online First in April 2013
  • Fast Decisions: Time to first decision for authors is as low as 1 day
  • Impact Factor of 4.24, ranked 7 of 198 journals
  • JAMA referral preference: Papers not accepted by JAMA can automatically be referred to JAMA Surgery
  • CME opportunities for authors and reviewers
  • A robust resource base to better serve authors
  • Free submission and publication: No submission fees, page charges, or publication fees
  • Free access: All major research articles made freely available 12 months after publication
  • Multimedia enhancements: Author audio podcasts and other online features to highlight articles
  • Wide news media coverage: News releases of major articles distributed each week to more than 5000 journalists worldwide


se editorials:

http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1206540


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