There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.
Abstract
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (JECCR), the official journal of
the "Regina Elena" National Cancer Institute [1] of Rome, has moved to BioMed Central's
open access publishing platform. Overseen by the Editor-in-Chief Mauro Castelli and
supported by an international Editorial Board [2], the journal aims to provide a high-quality
forum for basic and translational work in oncology.
First launched in 1982, JECCR joined BioMed Central in order to provide rapid dissemination
of scientific results to the widest possible global audience. Furthermore, authors
submitting to JECCR can expect a fast turnaround time, benefitting from an efficient
review process and publication immediately upon acceptance. JECCR's content will be
widely indexed (for instance by PubMed, Medline, Thomson/ISI, Embase, and CAS) and
covered by a range of freely accessible full-text archives [3].
JECCR publishes scientific studies on the biological, epidemiological, immunological,
pathological, radiobiological, and clinical aspects of oncology. Topics considered
range from molecular genetics via infectious agents to surgery and therapeutic approaches
and outcomes. The broad oncological focus, combined with the Editors' experience in
evaluating and conducting systematic reviews and developing clinical practice guidelines,
makes JECCR an attractive forum for publishing reviews and guidelines. This focus,
well documented in an Editorial by H. J. Schünemann [4], goes very well together with
the approach now being widely applied by many international and national organizations,
including the World Health Organization (WHO), Cochrane Collaboration, American College
of Physicians (ACP), and the National Institutes for Health and Clinical Excellence
in the U.K. (NICE).
In response to increasing requests JECCR has decided to devote particular attention
to more specific areas of cancer investigation. To this end, specific sections and
subsections under the supervision of expert Editors have been created: the new topics
include Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), Lung and Pleural Tumors, and Preclinical
Investigations in spontaneous animal models.
We believe that the new editorial changes combined with the advantages of BioMed Central's
open access publishing platform will greatly improve JECCR's dissemination and visibility.
The journal's online archive back to 1999 remains available from its old homepage.
[5]
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution License (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original work is properly cited.