STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Burns Open: An International Open Access Journal for Burn Injuries. Published on behalf of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), and a companion to Burns, this new international open access journal aims to foster the exchange of information on burn care among practitioners and others interested in the field. Burns Open is now accepting submissions and is scheduled to begin publication in February 2017.
Dr. David Greenhalgh serves as Editor-in-Chief of Burns Open. Recognized as one of the foremost authorities in burn surgery and burn care, Dr. Greenhalgh was named Chief of Burns at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California and Chief of the Burn Division, Department of Surgery, for the University of California, Davis School of Medicine in 1997. He is a past-president of the American Burn Association.
The journal covers the incidence and epidemiology of burns, burn disasters, impact of burns on societies, investigation of underlying pathophysiology of injury, treatment of burn wounds and other skin conditions, scientific and clinical effects of smoke and cutaneous injury, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and effects of treatments on outcomes, scarring, and healing. In addition, the journal focuses on research related to nursing, occupational and physical therapy, aftercare/reintegration, and prevention.
As an open access journal, Burns Open is freely available to readers. Authors publishing in the journal benefit from a rapid review process and papers will appear online shortly after acceptance.
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