Editorial Letter for International Surgery Issue 106 (2Q, 2022)

It is important to again indicate who we, as Fellows in the International College of Surgeons (ICS), are and our identity. We are a global legal federation of locally incorporated surgical organizations in countries around the world. The International College of Surgeons has Fellow members in over 100 countries. The ICS is apolitical with a long inclusive history dating to 1935, 87 years of being open to all nationalities, races, and creeds. The International College of Surgeons is in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Non-State Actor (NSA).

International Surgery is the Official Journal of the International College of Surgeons. International Surgery has been published since 1938 and has an important position in the global scientific and medical publishing field. For more information, visit the Journal website, www.internationalsurgery.org. The Journal publishes only open access manuscripts. Advantages and benefits of open access publishing in International Surgery include:

• worldwide internet transmission

• prompt peer reviews

• timely publishing following peer review approved manuscripts

• even more timely worldwide transmissions of unedited peer review approved manuscripts (“online first”) prior to having copy edited manuscripts formally published

Non-approved peer reviewed manuscript authors have the opportunity to update and improve manuscripts prior to again submitting for peer review. You are encouraged to visit the website of International Surgery, www.internationalsurgery.org, which provides guidance for submitting manuscripts.

I welcome any questions or comments that you may have.

Sincerely,

Professor Christopher Chen

Editor-in-Chief

International Surgery