Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open

Aims & 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.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Embase

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,652.00 USD. Learn more.

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