JHEP Reports: A new EASL open access journal - JHEP Reports

"Almost 35 years ago, in 1985, the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Governing Board established the Journal of Hepatology. Thanks to the hard work of the Editorial teams over the years, the Journal of Hepatology is now among the leading journals in gastroenterology and hepatology, with an impact factor of more than 15 and more than 2,500,000 annual article downloads. An increasing number of good articles from the hepatology community are rejected. Therefore, to better serve the demands of its members, in 2018 the EASL Governing Board decided to launch a second journal. This is happening amidst a changing landscape of publishing trends, with a strong orientation towards open access and digital content. For this reason, and to maximize outreach to an increasingly global readership, the second journal, JHEP Reports, will be full open access. As the first Editor-in-Chief, I am very proud and honoured to introduce JHEP reports to our community...."