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Erschienen in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 1/2012

01.01.2012 | Editorial

The history of KSSTA

verfasst von: Ejnar Eriksson

Erschienen in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Ausgabe 1/2012

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When in 1980–1981, ESKA was formed on my initiative and with economic help from the city of West Berlin, we also contacted the Springer Company in Heidelberg, Germany, about publishing the Proceedings of the First Congress in Berlin in 1984. It was also decided that we would publish the proceedings as a book. Even for our 2nd ESKA Congress in Basle, Switzerland, ESKA published a book with the meeting proceedings. A problem that soon became evident was that the often excellent manuscripts from the meetings were not referenced by PubMed, since they were published in a book. The only way they would be cited in PubMed was to publish them in a scientific journal. This is one of the major reasons why ESKA decided to start a scientific journal. The board of ESKA therefore negotiated with a number of publishing houses. After some tough economical discussions, the Springer Company accepted the terms of ESKA and promised to publish the journal. The journal was named Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy (KSSTA). The idea was to cover all aspects of sports traumatology, with major focus on knee injuries and knee surgery. As the journal has grown manuscripts on basic science, degenerative knee diseases and knee replacements have increased in number. …
Metadaten
Titel
The history of KSSTA
verfasst von
Ejnar Eriksson
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-011-1764-x

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