The inaugural issue of JAMA Network Open™ has been published, with articles exemplifying the breadth of areas that readers should come to expect to see covered in the new journal - oncology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, paediatrics and cardiology.
The open-access journal, announced last year, is the 13th journal in the JAMA Network™ and the third journal launched by the AMA in the last three years. JAMA Oncology was launched in 2015, followed by JAMA Cardiology in 2016.
The founding editor-in-chief of JAMA Network Open is Dr. Frederick P. Rivara, who formerly filled the editor-in-chief role at JAMA Pediatrics. Dr. Rivara is Seattle Children's Guild Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, and professor of pediatrics and adjunct professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington.
Dr. Rivara is joined by deputy editor Dr. Stephen D. Fihn, also of the University of Washington. In a joint editorial in the inaugural issue of JAMA Network Open, Drs. Rivara and Finn introduced the journal and detailed plans for a global focus.
The new journal will feature health content from more than 40 medical and health subject areas, with new articles published each Friday. JAMA Network Open will follow the same rigorous peer review, editorial and publishing standards as do the other JAMA Network journals. Interested parties may click on 'Sign up for emails based on your interests' on the journal's home page, and opt for weekly or monthly topic-based updates on newly published research.
The first articles to be published examine melanoma staging definitions, the effect of chiropractic care for low back pain and disability, follow-up publication of randomised-controlled trials from an academic conference, and long-term outcomes of antithrombotic therapy in patients with a trial fibrillation and ischemic stroke. The second set of articles, published May 25, feature original research in the areas of cardiology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation.
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