International Archives of Medicine | Brain Blogger

"I have been the editor-in-chief of the International Archives of Medicine (IAM) since its launch seven years ago. We are now entering an exciting new phase. My first editorial for IAM was entitled “Defining the profile of International Archives of Medicine”. At that point, we aimed to launch an international open access journal on all areas of medicine, and I feel we have succeeded. Our editorial board is wide and diverse both from the territorial and thematic perspectives. We also have a global readership. I would like to thank all authors, editors and reviewers who contributed during this initial phase. With their contributions, we reached the top quartile (Q1) in the category of Medicine in 2013. Now, the journal is entering in a new phase: IAM 2.0. We have changed the publisher: formerly published with BioMed Central, currently IAM is being published by iMed.pub, the official publisher of Internet Medical Society. This allows us to enjoy a total freedom in the editorial processes and control over all aspects of the journal ..."