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World-wide Gold<a href="https://www.ecmjournal.org/open_access.html"> Open Access</a>, authors retain copyright to their articles (CC BY).<br> 2. eCM was the first open access online journal in the world, created in 1999.<br> 3. Rigorous open peer reviewing (reviewers have to request their name to be withheld). Reviewers can track, verify and showcase their peer review and editorial contributions on <a href="https://publons.com/about/home/" target="_blank">Publons</a>.<br> 4. Speed of publication.<br> 5. Unique discussion with reviewers, as an intergral section of the paper, allows sensible arguments to be included.<br> 6. <strong><a href="https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/17458" target="_blank">Scopus CiteScore </a>2023: 6.0. <a href="https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=17458&tip=sid&clean=0" target="_blank">SJR</a> H index: 92. JCR Impact Factor 2023: 3.2</strong>.<strong> JCR 5-year Impact Factor: 3.4</strong>. <br> 7. 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Please read <a href="/history/history.html">HERE</a> for a history of the Journal.<br> Starting with Volume No 46 July-December 2023., <strong>eCM</strong> journal is published by FORUM MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING, USA.</p> <p><font color="#336699"><strong>eCM</strong></font> provides a multidisciplinary high-level forum for biomedical research (Orthopaedics, Cell & tissue engineering, Biomaterials science, and Biomedical engineering). Research fields include, but are not limited to <strong>Musculoskeletal (Infection, Trauma, Maxillofacial and Spine), Stem cells, Drug/gene carrier design, Bionanomedicine</strong>, and <strong>Application of biomaterials</strong>.</p> <p> See <strong><font color="#336699">eCM</font></strong> <a href="scope.php">Scope</a> for more details</p> <p><strong><font color="#336699"><strong>eCM</strong></font></a> <a href="/digital_repositories.html">Digital Repositories & Object Identifiers and Impact Factors</a></strong><br> <strong>eCM</strong> articles are held within the CLOCKSS digital archive. eCM is a member of Crossref.<br> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><font color="#336699"><strong>eCM</strong></font></a> Website Analytics<a href="/Disclaimer.html" > Disclaimer</a><br> </strong></p> </p></div>  </article> <aside class="right_article"><br> <ul> <a href="info.php"> <li>Info on eCM</li></a> <a href="editors.html"><li>Editors</li></a> <a href="official_societies.html"><li>Official Societies</li></a> <a href="Privacy.html"> <li>Privacy Policy</li></a> <a href="contact.html"> <li>Contact</li></a> </ul><br> <div class="googlesearch"> <script> (function() { var cx = '005753416099071425706:8n5j25f8dju'; var gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); })(); </script> <gcse:search linkTarget="_parent"></gcse:search> </div> <br> <br> </aside> </section> <footer class="secondary_footer"> <div class="copyright"> ©Open Access / Author retains copyright (CC BY) / <a href="https://forummmpub.com/" target="new">Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC.</a>, Part of <a href="https://www.imrpress.com/" target="new">IMR Press</a>.</div> </footer> </div> </body> </html>