Veterinary Record Open: extending the open access options -- Adams 1 (1) -- Veterinary Record Open

"Welcome to Veterinary Record Open, a new open access research journal we are pleased to launch as part of the BVA group of journals. These are exciting times for veterinary publishing with an opportunity to publish well-designed and well-reported research in a completely accessible manner. We accept all submissions relating to veterinary research from all disciplines and fields, including those that might otherwise be refused by journals with specific interests or readerships. We are dedicated to publishing veterinary research across a range of topics, including those of a more niche and specialist nature to that considered in the weekly Veterinary Record. We will consider original research articles and study protocols for publication. Veterinary Record Open is being launched with innovative new features including the ability to publish articles as soon as they are ready rather than waiting for an issue date. Accepted articles will appear in an issue immediately upon publication, making issues that are not static but that gain content over time. Open access means that all articles published in Veterinary Record Open are freely available to a global audience on a number of databases, with the copyright being retained by the author or their employer. Veterinary Record Open will not judge research on its importance or breadth of appeal and reviewers will be asked to consider only the scientific rigour and ethics of the research. We will be using the database of reviewers that the Veterinary Record and In Practice already use and will be adding new reviewers to this valuable resource. Along with Veterinary Record, we are keen to extend the evidence-base in veterinary medicine, and with this in mind we also encourage the submission of adequately powered studies that yield true negative results ..."