The CMAJ Group has announced the appointment of Erin Russell as the new Editor-in-Chief for CMAJ Open, Canada’s open-access online medical journal, starting June 20, 2022.
Erin is an experienced medical editor who brings a wealth of knowledge from her work at CMAJ and CMAJ Open as an editor and through graduate studies in epidemiology and community medicine. She takes over from founding Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Diane Kelsall, who has helped grow CMAJ Open into an important venue for health and medical research.
CMAJ Open publishes high-quality research from all medical and health disciplines, including the effects of climate change, gender, racism, indigenous health issues, patient-oriented research, and COVID-19. Founded in 2013, the journal has been committed to 4 founding principles: Open access; Open to research in all medical disciplines; Open to all types of research studies; and Open peer review. It is indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed Central.
Relevant to policymakers, researchers, and clinicians, CMAJ Open also values the involvement of patients who can be peer reviewers for the patient-oriented research collection.
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