Trauma Care (ISSN: 2673-866X) published its initial Aims and Scope in July 2020; since then, it has received a large variety of submissions from several disciplines relevant to physical and physiological trauma. After careful consideration of the editorial board’s expertise, the potential overlaps with other journals, and the time taken in the editorial process for articles from different fields, we refocused our journal’s scope. Trauma Care will continue to consider any aspects regarding the prevention, treatment, education, and research of physical injuries. Also, in line with the comprehensive science of traumatology, submissions related to the psychological components of mechanical trauma will be considered. This new strategic focus requires tightening of our editorial process and strengthening of the editorial board’s contributions to be consistent with the new scope. Until further notice, new submissions about isolated psychological trauma, which is not a response to mechanical injuries, will not be considered for peer review.
Table 1.
Changes in the Aims and Scope of the Trauma Care journal.
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Table 1.
Changes in the Aims and Scope of the Trauma Care journal.
Table 1.
Changes in the Aims and Scope of the Trauma Care journal.
Aims (New Version):
Aims and Scope (Old Version):
Trauma Care (ISSN: 2673-866X) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes new, significant research on all aspects of traumatic injury and its prevention, management, research, and education. Trauma Care also covers psychological aspects associated with physical injuries. This journal does not publish articles on isolated psychological trauma without physical injuries.
Trauma Care (ISSN: 2673-866X) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, short communications, etc., on all aspects of the interdisciplinary area of traumatic injury and psychological trauma research. Trauma Care focuses on how humans deal with physical injury and psychological trauma in a scientific and humanistic way. Research fields of interest include but are not limited to the following areas: Physical Trauma:
Injury control
Prevention of injury
Care of injury
Rehabilitation of injury
Physical impairment
Physical disability
Sport injury
Practice of trauma surgery
Acute care surgery
Emergency surgery
Orthopaedic trauma
Neurotrauma
Polytrauma
Traumatic shock
Emotional and Psychological Trauma:
Bullying
Community violence
Disasters
Early childhood trauma
Intimate partner violence
Medical trauma
Physical abuse
Refugee trauma
Sexual abuse
Terrorism and violence
Traumatic grief
Complex trauma
Scope (New Version):
Research fields of interest include but are not limited to the following areas:
Injury control
Prevention of injury
Paediatric trauma
Geriatric trauma
Basic science relevant to trauma care
Postinjury inflammatory and immune response
Systemic response to injury
Disaster response to injuries
Military trauma care
Trauma nursing
Penetrating and ballistic injuries
Allied health aspects of trauma care
Trauma care in resource-limited environments
Humanitarian trauma care
Physical impairment from injury
Sport injury
Practice of trauma surgery
Orthopaedic trauma
Spine and spinal cord injuries
Neurotrauma
Vascular trauma
Visceral trauma
Thoracic trauma
Chest wall injuries
Pelvic and acetabular injuries
Open fractures
Soft tissue injuries
Burns
Postinjury critical care
Prehospital care of trauma patients
Polytrauma
Traumatic shock and resuscitation
Postinjury organ failure
Emotional and psychological consequences of mechanical injuries
Emotional and psychological effects on professionals treating injured patients
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