A new look for EJCTS, ICVTS and MMCTS: better service for our readers with the support of our new publisher, the Oxford University Press.

摘要

All three scientific publications of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)-the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EJCTS), 'the Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ICVTS) and the Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery (MMCTS)-have been exceedingly successful over the last many years [1-3]. In the light of this, we shall now take the next steps in the evolution of our successful journals with our new publisher, Oxford University Press (OUP). One of the major changes will be that OUP will publish all three journals together. This will allow us to develop a common strategy but-at the same time-diversify, further specialize and concentrate on the strength of each product. Marko Turina will stay on as the Editor-in-Chief of the MMCTS and I will be the Editor-in-Chief for the EJCTS and the ICVTS. These changes, which we are now going to implement, are a result of comments and suggestions from the readers, the publishers, the Editorial Office, the Councillors of the EACTS and from various other persons. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their input and thoughtful ideas.