During recent years, we have witnessed many technological advances in electronic publication. The Editors of Cirugía y Cirujanos, in an attempt to bridge the gap between "print publication" and "on-line publication", beginning with the No. 1 issue, 2015, will publish all manuscripts on-line, both in Spanish and in English in the Elsevier electronic platform (www.elsevier.es/circir).
The accessibility and wide diffusion of on-line publication will provide the opportunity for our scientific colleagues, not only in Latin America, but throughout the world, to share the knowledge and skills of our Mexican surgical community, as well as to provide authors from other countries with a forum for participating in our Journal, in order that we may gain knowledge of surgical specialties throughout the world.
Manuscripts will be accepted in Spanish and in English, and will be translated to English or Spanish for on-line publication. Guidelines for manuscript submission can be accessed in this website.
We are confident that this evolution in publication will serve the needs of the international community, as well as to provide our Mexican scientists with greater visibility throughout the global community.
The Mexican Academy of Surgery is pleased to offer this on-line publication without fees or subscription. We look forward to the valuable input from our readers in an attempt to maintain the high standards of Cirugía y Cirujanos.