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the journal of trauma and injury is an official publication of the korean society of trauma and an international, peer-reviewed open access journal. the aim of this journal is to contribute to saving lives of patients who underwent traumatic events through active communication and exchange of study information on trauma and provision of education and training on trauma. for achieving aims, this journal publishes original basic and clinical researches on trauma-associated medical fields such as surgeries including general surgery, chest surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, head and neck surgery, gynecology and ophthalmology, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, neuro-psychiatrics, rehabilitation medicine and radiology including interventional radiology. furthermore, this journal has established relationship with the armed forces medical command and armed forces capital hospital because of the korean special situation with north korea and publishes basic and clinical researches about the battle field trauma unique in korea. also this journal includes all items closely associated with medicine, disaster and department of emergency, emergency medical technicians and nurses, social infrastructures and systems, government policies and supports. the journal of trauma and injury was launched in june 1988 with korean and english languages and has finally settled as an english language. the journal publishes the original articles, case reports/ case series, review articles, editorials, correspondence, and articles commissioned by the editorial committee which are related to basic or clinical research on trauma. ���ѿܻ���ȸ��, �ܻ���ȸ��