The (New York) Times, They are a-Changin’: The Asian Journal of Anesthesiology confronts change in medical publishing

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica is reborn this issue as the Asian Journal of Anesthesiology. What changes attend this reincarnation? You will see little evidence of transformation in the form or content of this issue. Yet we, our editorial board and production staff, are very much focused on change, and we recognize a need to prioritize it–not in terms of effecting a particular change or two in what we are doing or how we do it, but rather a fundamental shift in how we think about, respond to, and help influence change itself. The underlying and fundamental goal of the journal has remained the same, in essence, since its founding. We articulate this in our updated mission statement: Advancing knowledge, capability, and well-being among clinicians, scholars, and allied professionals in the fields of perioperative, advanced care, and pain medicine by publishing and promoting valuable research and facilitating professional communication, across Asia and around the world.