Publication

AIM AND SCOPE

Journal of Investigative Surgery publishes peer-reviewed scientific articles for the advancement of surgery, to the ultimate benefit of patient care and rehabilitation. It is the only journal that encompasses the individual and collaborative efforts of scientists in human and veterinary medicine, dentistry, basic and applied sciences, engineering, and law and ethics. The journal is dedicated to the publication of outstanding articles of interest to the surgical research community.

JOURNAL INFORMATION

• Adis International Ltd.
• EBSCOhost
• EMBASE, Priority
• Scopus, 1988-ongoing
• International Atomic Energy Agency; INIS Collection Search (International Nuclear Information System)
• National Library of Medicine; PubMed/MEDLINE
• OCLC
• Personal Alert (E-mail)
• ProQuest
• Thomson Reuters; Current Contents, Science Citation Index Expanded, Web of Science

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EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Marc Basson, MD, PhD, MBA
Senior Associate Dean for Medicine and Research
University of North Dakota

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Roberto Anaya-Prado – Guadalajara, Mexico
José Miguel Lloris-Carsi – Valencia, Spain

ACADEMY OF SURGICAL RESEARCH LIAISON
Melanie Graham, MPH, PhD
University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota

EDITORIAL BOARD

NORTH AMERICA
Faisal Bakaeen – Cleveland, Ohio
Hamed Benghuzzi – Jackson, Mississippi
Harvey L. Bumpers – East Lansing, Michigan
Clive O. Callender – Washington, District of Columbia
Jorge Cervantes – Mexico, Distrito Federal
Rainer W.G. Gruessner – Brooklyn, New York
Steven M. Kuhlman – Kalamazoo, Michigan
William M. Kuzon – Ann Arbor, Michigan
Robert Alton McGuire Jr. – Jackson, Mississippi
Moritz M. (Mory) Ziegler– Cincinnati, Ohio
Patricio Santillan-Doherty – Mexico, Distrito Federal
M. Michael Swindle – Charleston, South Carolina
Xiao-Di Tan – Chicago, Illinois
Michelle Tucci – Jackson, Mississippi
Jian-Ying Wang – Baltimore, Maryland
Ping Zhang – Rootstown, Ohio

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Aldo Cunha Medeiros – Natal, BrazilEUROPE
Carlos Barrios – Valencia, Spain
Paul Flecknell – Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
István Furka – Debrecen, Hungary
Giuseppe Nigri – Rome, ItalyAFRICA
Pradeep H Navsaria – Cape Town, South AfricaASIA
Wen-Ta Chiu – Taipei, Taiwan