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he critical mission of the Journal of Special Opera- Articles that have the potential to influence the SOF
Ttions Medicine (JSOM) is to provide worldwide iden- medics’ practice, care delivery, knowledge base, and
tification and debate of medical issues relevant to Special future should have a SOF medic as a co-author. The
Operations Forces (SOF), Tactical Emergency Medical JSOM strives to advance SOF clinical science; therefore,
Support (TEMS), Operational Medicine, and Combat all those who deliver the care need be part of this move-
Casualty Care. Emerging and new trends in the field of ment as they are integral to publishing evidence.
Special Operations medical care is found first and most
prominently through publication in the JSOM. Authors should indicate interest or send articles to
editor@JSOMonline.org. The submitted papers must be
The JSOM is the only publication that brings together written in English and describe original work not yet
military, civilian, and federal agencies with tactical published nor currently under review by other journals.
emergency medical assets and those with an interest in Our goal is to inform authors about their paper(s) within
operational and prehospital emergency medicine in the two weeks of receipt. All submitted papers, if relevant to
wilderness or austere environment in one unique forum the theme and objectives of the journal, will go through
to promote the sharing of knowledge and tradecraft an external peer-review process. Submissions should in-
proficiency. The JSOM provides real-time, lifesaving in- clude an abstract, 5–10 keywords, author bios, and the
formation for urban and rural battlefields. e-mail address of the corresponding author.

Article submissions must relate actionable information Please visit our website at https://www.JSOMonline.org
for medical personnel to implement in real-time to pro- /Distribution.php for more information.
vide expert care and treatment to our casualties. We have
dedicated editorial and advisory staff to assist you with Upcoming deadlines are as follows:
technical writing and article submissions. Your ideas are Summer 2014 • editorial close – 25 February
important to us, and we will get them published!
Fall 2014 • editorial close – 23 May
Winter 2014 • editorial close – 1 September
We are accepting manuscripts in all fields relating to
operational, tactical, or austere medicine. Don’t miss
this opportunity to publish in the JSOM and showcase
worldwide your work and lessons learned.

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