Public release date: 20-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Rebecca Fairbairn rebecca.fairbairn@biomedcentral.com 44-020-319-22433 BioMed Central

BioMed Central, the open access publisher, is pleased to announce that Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM), the official academic journal of The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM), has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform.

KSOEM was formed in 1988, when the people of Korea began to have concerns regarding health and safety at work. Since then, the organization has collaborated with workers and management to cope with occupational health and safety problems. AOEM is the successor of the Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, which began its first publication in 1989. In its 25th year the journal will be published entirely in English and fully open access, with the aim of gaining a more international scope, this is an exciting step for the society and AOEM.

Editor-in-Chief Sang Baek Ko, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Korea says: "Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM), an international journal, intends to address various important topics in occupational and environmental medicine in which many researchers and practitioners over the world including Asian countries would be interested. We will do our best to reshape AOEM into a high-quality top journal in occupational and environmental medicine. In order to meet the goal, we have created the Advisory Editorial Board of the AOEM, consisting of world-class, excellent and experienced professors and researchers in occupational and environmental medicine. We have also implemented a very efficient administrative system in the AOEM for streamlining the whole process from manuscript submission to on-line publication for authors."

AOEM considers original contributions relevant to occupational and environmental medicine and related fields in the form of original articles, review articles, short letters and case reports.

Deborah Kahn, BioMed Central's Publishing Director said "The launch of Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is significant for BioMed Central as it is the first Korean society journal transferred to our open access platform. It is also a milestone for the journal as all of its content will be published in English - the first time in a quarter of a century. BioMed Central and Springer are delighted to have the opportunity to collaborate with KSOEM, and we look forward to helping this journal increase international visibility through open access publishing."

Authors based in the Republic of Korea can apply for a discounted article processing charge (APC) of 800 by mentioning the discount code KORAU at the payment page during submission.

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