image: Prof. Baiyong Shen (沈柏用), Vice President of Ruijin Hospital, is awarded with a partner certification by Elsevier Senior VP Louise Curtis in recognition of Elsevier’s collaboration with SJTU
Credit: Huanzhen Yuan.
Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, has entered into a strategic partnership with Elsevier to establish the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical-Engineering Interdisciplinary Journal Alliance.
This collaboration aims to bridge medicine and engineering research through scholarly publishing, launching with 36 journals including flagship titles like LabMed Discovery, Science in One Health and Mechanobiology in Medicine. The partnership seeks to accelerate translational research in precision medicine and biomedical engineering while increasing global visibility for China's "Double First-Class" research initiative. During an inauguration ceremony, Elsevier Senior VP Louise Curtis presented a partnership certificate to Ruijin Hospital Vice President Prof. Baiyong Shan, formalizing the collaboration. Prof. Wenguo Cui of Ruijin Hospital emphasized how this alliance with Elsevier's publishing expertise will enhance knowledge dissemination and international academic recognition. The initiative reflects SJTU's leadership in medical-engineering integration, having contributed to nearly 1,000 leading research projects in fields like brain science and precision medicine. This partnership represents a significant step in advancing interdisciplinary research and clinical applications through high-impact academic publishing.