Emergency and Critical Care Medicine: the launch of a new medical journal

Abstract

After careful preparation and collective efforts, we are honored to announce the launch of the first issue of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. This journal offers a new opportunity to cross professional boundaries, track research hotspots, and produce innovative medical research results in the fields of emergency and critical care medicine. There are several reasons for the creation of this journal. The primary one is to introduce emergency events and medical research, thereby promoting the integration and communication between emergency and critical care medicine. In addition, although there are a variety of publications that include emergency and critical care, an all-encompassing medical journal of emergency and critical care is still absent in East Asia. It is our passion to establish a medical journal covering emergency- and critical care-related research from a global perspective. Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is interested in the following research areas: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, acute cardiovascular diseases, stroke, shock, acute respiratory failure, infection, trauma, out-of-hospital emergency medical services, emergency, critical care, disaster management, toxicology, organ dysfunction, artificial intelligence, life-supporting devices, and more. This journal provides rapid publication of original articles, reviews, case reports, meta-analyses, comments, methodologies, perspectives/viewpoints, editorials, images, news, communications, letters to the editor, etc., from professionals and researchers worldwide. All submissions are processed online through https://www.editorialmanager.com/eccm/. This new journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal with mechanisms for buzz-check and a priority publication service. In other words, all articles that pass the fair peer-review procedure and publication by the journal are free and available on the official website from 2021 to 2025 for the benefit of the entire academic community. Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, an official journal of Shandong University, is published by the world-class medical publisher, Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, with the support of the Chinese Society of Emergency Medicine and the Chest Pain Branch of the China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care. The journal will define itself by the ability to provide a friendly communication platform for an increasing number of innovative findings in the field of emergency and critical care. In addition, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is supported by the “High-level New Journal of 2019 Action Plan for the Excellence of China Science and Technology Journals” project, and it is our belief that the journal is poised to make a great breakthrough not only in China but all over the world. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the experienced and distinguished editorial board members, whose advice and actions contributed significantly to the creation of this journal. In the years to come, the editorial board and I will work closely to make this journal a success. I also genuinely thank each author for their enthusiasm, trust, and contributions, on which the growth of this journal depends. Furthermore, my deep appreciation goes to the reviewers, who are prominent experts and always send timely comments and feedback on every manuscript. We welcome you as we take on the challenge of making Emergency and Critical Care a globally respected medical journal that contributes to bettering human lives. Numerous changes have taken place in the fields of emergency and critical care medicine, and various new theories, diagnostic techniques, and therapeutic strategies have been proposed. With a broad and multidisciplinary scope, this journal will do its utmost to act as a platform for sharing professional knowledge, diverse thinking, cases, as well as basic and clinical research, in an efficient and interactive way. Novel and highly qualified papers are welcome from physicians, researchers, nurses, and other medical workers and students in related areas. We hope the journal can become a significant information source and contributor to the advancement of emergency and critical care medicine.