About
Time to first decision with review (median)
31 days*Time from acceptance to publication (median)
21 days*Citescore
2.8Total content views
366,910Total Altmetric mentions
1,336Aims and scope
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open is the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)’s open access journal dedicated to the rapid publication of peer-reviewed, high-quality trauma and acute care research. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open provides an interdisciplinary forum for global issues in trauma and acute care surgery much like its sister journal, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open is dedicated to covering epidemiological, educational, and socioeconomic facets of trauma management and injury prevention and will cover topics of interest and relevance to the global acute care surgery community, as well as affiliated subspecialty physicians and advanced practitioners.
Papers of interest include:
- Reporting of clinical studies
- Training and implementation reports
- Survey-based research
- Orthopedic trauma, TBI, injury prevention, public health, global systems development, disaster and mass casualty management
- Use of new technologies as they relate to trauma education and treatment
- Reviews on the following topics: patient management reports in resource-poor settings, pilot studies of new technologies or techniques
- Clinical case series
Editorial board
For information about the Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open Editor-in-Chief Elliott Haut and his editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Ownership
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open is published by BMJ on behalf of the AAST. The mission of the AAST is to serve as the premier scholarly organization for surgeons dedicated to the field of trauma and the care of critically ill surgical patients. It is dedicated to discovery, dissemination, implementation, and evaluation of knowledge related to acute care surgery (trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery) by fostering research, education, and professional development in an environment of fellowship and collegiality.
Journal information
| Publication Model | Open access |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Continuous |
| Online ISSN | 2397-5776 |
| Launch Date | 2016 |
| Digital Archives | Portico, LOCKSS |
| Indexed by | Web of Science Core Collection: Emerging Sources Citation Index, PubMed Central, Scopus, DOAJ, Google Scholar |
| Peer Review Model | Single anonymised; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
Journal Statistics 2022
Acceptance rate: 50%
Speed
Time to first decision without review: 4 days (median)
Time to first decision with review: 31 days (median)
Time from acceptance to publication: 21 days (median)
Impact
Citescore: 2.8
Citescore rank: 37/89
Scimago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.623
Reach
Total content views: 366,910
Total Altmetric mentions: 1,336
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The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery provides an interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of peer-reviewed original articles regarding trauma and acute care surgery. Content focuses on the clinical management of trauma, emergency surgery, the care of critically ill patients, the molecular biology of traumatic injury, and legal/policy concerns related to trauma.
Affiliations
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma is the premier academic trauma surgery organization in the United States and has approximately 1,200 members from 30 countries.
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