Medical and scientific publishing house Thieme Publishing Group has announced that a number of major changes will be made to the AOSpine journals in 2015. The editors of Global Spine Journal and Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal, Dr. Wang and Dr. Chapman, have announced that the titles will merge into a single publication in 2015 and will publish under the name Global Spine Journal.
Devoted to the study and treatment of spinal disorders, including diagnosis, operative and non-operative treatment options, surgical techniques, and emerging research and clinical developments, the journal will publish six times a year and is projected to be an essential reading for all researchers and clinicians specializing in the spine.
Dr. Jeff Wang will continue in his role as Editor-in-Chief, publishing papers devoted to the study and treatment of spinal disorders, including diagnosis, operative and non-operative treatment options, surgical techniques, and emerging research and clinical developments.
The core content of Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal comparative studies of effectiveness providing accurate, concise presentations of information that can be quickly grasped by busy spine surgeons, will continue to be published in two special issues of Global Spine Journal annually, with Dr. Chapman continuing to act as Editor-in-Chief.
This change will also coincide with Global Spine Journal becoming an Open Access title, making all content freely available to everyone. In addition, all papers will continue to be fully searchable through Pubmed immediately upon publication.
Members of AOSpine will continue to receive a print subscription to the journal as a benefit of membership and in addition they can publish unlimited papers in the journal at no cost.
These changes are the first of many innovations that will be coming to the journal in the coming months, including a new tablet/mobile optimised viewing experience, a regular podcast series, and best paper awards.
