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