STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, a new online open access journal on general respiratory medicine that is dedicated to publishing case reports. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports has been created to publish case reports previously submitted to its sister journal, Respiratory Medicine.
Accepted case reports include stories, anecdotes and patient-based lessons that complement evidence-based medicine and are essential to the advancement of healthcare. The journal will only publish case reports which are authentic, understandable, educational, clinical, and interesting to an international audience of respiratory physicians, trainees and researchers in all respiratory subspecialties, as well as clinicians in related fields.
Dr. Barbara Yawn serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Dr. Yawn is a long-standing member of the Editorial Board for Respiratory Medicine and Director of Research at the Olmsted Medical Center and Adjunct Professor, Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. She is a full-time physician researcher and opened the Olmsted Medical Center in 1990.
Accepted submissions are made freely available to all on SciVerse ScienceDirect after payment of the Article Publishing Fee.