​​​Benefits to Annals of Surgery Open authors and readers:

• Rapid Peer Review
• Rapid Publication of Articles — Articles will publish online, in their final form, as soon as they are ready.
• Authors will retain copyright
• Ease of Submission — Authors will use the familiar manuscript submission system currently used by Annals of Surgery Open
• Assurance of Quality — All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be required to pass rigorous peer review.
• Widest Possible Audience — Published articles will be available worldwide to anyone with internet access.
• Forum for publically funded research — Will provide a venue for research funded by public funding agencies that require publication in an open access journal.