Table 1

Number of papers published in WJES

Article Type
accepted/submitted
acceptance rate (%)

Case report
40/115
35
Research article
24/52
46
Review
23/28
82
Editorial
6/6
100
Letters to the Editor
1/1
100
Methodology
1/1
100
Study protocol
1/4
25
Book review
0/0
-
Commentary
0/1
0



Total
96/208
46

March 2006–July 2008

Koike et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:8   doi:10.1186/1749-7922-4-8