Welcome to our official journals! – Journal of Anesthesia/JA Clinical Reports

Journal of Anesthesia

The Journal of Anesthesia (JA) is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA). This journal publishes original articles, article reviews, special articles, clinical reports, short communications, letters to the editor, and book and multimedia reviews. The editors welcome the submission of manuscripts devoted to anesthesia and related topics from any country of the world. Membership in the Society is not a prerequisite.

JA was first published in 1987. It has been carried in Medline and Web of Science since 2003 and 2007, respectively. It also has an Impact Factor (IF) of 2.8 as of 2023.

The Journal of Anesthesia (JA) rarely accepts case reports for publication; the acceptance rate for these may be less than 5%. Please note that case reports should present important educational issues for JA readers. Even if a case is clinically challenging, it will not be publishable in JA if it does not contain any novel learning points. Therefore, please consider that most case reports JA receives will be recommended for transfer to JA Clinical Reports.

JA Clinical Reports

The JSA launched “JA Clinical Reports” to increase the opportunity, particularly for junior anesthesiologists, to write scientific papers in English in areas relevant to their daily clinical practice, effectively returning to the research ethos to medicine.

JA Clinical Reports is a companion journal to the Journal of Anesthesia (JA), the official journal of the JSA. JA Clinical Reports has been carried in Medline and Web of Science, with 2023 Impact Factor of 0.8. This journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal related to clinical anesthesia practices such as anesthesia management, pain management and intensive care.

The aim of JA Clinical Reports is to offer a publication in which authors can share their experiences with everyday cases and simple clinical studies with readers, thus helping to raise the standard of clinical anesthesiology. Of course, the overall purpose is for patients to enjoy these benefits, but a further goal is to encourage JSA members and anesthesiologists throughout the world, particularly young anesthesiologists, to submit papers in English.

In addition to publishing a journal that will be clinically useful, we look forward to receiving a constant stream of submissions from young anesthesiologists, describing their experience and participation in the care of important clinical cases. We also encourage young anesthesiologists to write up and submit interesting cases in English, and hope that senior doctors will give them this opportunity.