AB27. Introduction to Asian Journal of Andrology

Asian Journal of Andrology (AJA, http://www. asiaandro.com) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal. It is sponsored by the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Its Editor-in-Chief is Prof Yi-Fei Wang who is an internationally well-known reproductive expert. Its recent SCI Impact factor is 2.140. It could become higher this year. AJA warmly welcome submissions in English from all of the world. With a focus on new basic and clinical (including modern, traditional and epidemiological) research on andrology, primary research papers are complemented by Reviews, Opinions, Commentaries, Research Highlights and Letter to the Editors. The fields of particular interest to the journal include, but are not limited to, sperm biology: cellular and molecular mechanisms; male reproductive system: structure and function, hormonal regulation of male reproduction; male infertility: etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention; semen analysis & sperm functional assays; sperm selection & quality and ART outcomes; male sexual dysfunction; male puberty development; male ageing; prostate diseases, operational andrology; HIV & male reproductive tract infection; male contraception; environmental, lifestyle, genetic factors and male health; male reproductive toxicology; male sexual and reproductive health. Why publish your article in Asian Journal of Andrology? High visibility: Asian Journal of Andrology’s open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience. Articles that have been especially highly accessed are highlighted with a ‘Highly accessed’ graphic, which appears on the journal’s contents pages and search results. Speed of publication: Asian Journal of Andrology offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically. Authors will be able to check the progress of their manuscript through the submission system at any time. Articles are published with their final citation immediately upon acceptance in a provisional PDF form. The article will subsequently be published in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF; the article will then be available through Asian Journal of Andrology. The publication period is typically 90 days from submission to online. Flexibility: Online publication in Asian Journal of Andrology gives authors the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves.