HOBOKEN, NJ--September 13, 2017-- John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) announced today the launch of a new international, open access peer-reviewed publication, JOR Spine. JOR Spine will be joining the Journal of Orthopaedic Research in the ORS' publications portfolio and will publish high-quality research on all aspects of orthopaedic research related to the spine. The first issue will publish in January 2018.
The new journal features a world-class editorial board led by Dr. Mauro Alini, Head of Musculoskeletal Regeneration AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland, Dr. Robert L. Mauck, Mary Black Ralston Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Professor of Bioengineering, Director, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Daisuke Sakai, Associate Professor at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Tokai University School of Medicine in Kanagawa, Japan. For more details on the editors of JOR Spine, please visit the journal's About the Editors page.
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Robert L. Mauck, said "We believe that this new journal will fill an important niche for our scientific community that is not currently well-represented by existing spine-related journals." JOR Spine will publish cutting-edge research, selected through a rigorous, transparent, and fair peer review process. The journal will utilize an open access format and will be very well supported by Wiley, the journal's editorial team and by the ORS.
JOR Spine is dedicated to serve the spine research community by offering a platform focusing on basic and translational orthopaedic research of the spine. The new journal will publish articles, reviews, short communications, and perspectives in topic areas including the biological basis of development, growth, aging and degeneration, biomechanical and novel imaging methods, mechano-biology, biomaterial applications, and pre-clinical and clinical studies based on novel preventative and regenerative approaches.
ORS President, Dr. Rick Sumner, said "The ORS is delighted to serve as an academic home for the spine research community. This new journal will provide an important mechanism to disseminate knowledge and to advance the understanding of diseases of the spine and to develop new treatment strategies. We are particularly proud of the international stature of the three co-editors and the fact that they also represent the three basic pillars of orthopaedic research: clinicians, biologists, and engineers."
"Wiley is delighted to further our collaboration with the ORS as we extend into open access publishing with the launch of JOR Spine," said Colette Bean, Vice President & Society Director at Wiley. "It's been honor for us to support the ORS' mission of advancing and fostering the muscoskeletal community and now expanding our partnership with an exciting new launch aimed to be the best designation for high quality spine research."
The journal is now accepting submission and plans to publish the first issue online in January of 2018. For more information, visit http://www.jorspine.com.
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