Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

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Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, JOMA reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

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JOMA 2023 Annual Report

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors, and readers, as well as to present you the 2023 Annual Report of JOMA. We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024 and look forward to working closely with you in the new year to continue the progress of JOMA.

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Current status and latest research progress in the pain management of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) (ongoing)

This series on "Current status and latest research progress in the pain management of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs)" is edited by Dr. Mythili Kalladka from Eastman Institute for Oral Health, USA and Dr. Ming Xia from Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China. TMDs have become increasingly prevalent and often imposed significant challenges in diagnosis and management. The purpose of the series is to update clinicians on current status and latest research in pain management of TMD’S.

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Anaesthesia for Maxillofacial Surgery (Ongoing)

This series on "Anaesthesia for Maxillofacial Surgery" is edited by Dr. Chris Jones and Bhavesh Patel from Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, UK. This special series covers a number of important areas of anaesthesia for Maxillofacial Surgery, featuring intubation and extubation techniques, different ventilation strategies including during the shared airway, front of neck access in both emergency and elective situations, and finally looking at Enhanced Recovery After Surgery for major head and neck/maxillofacial surgery.

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Welcome to the Chinese edition of Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Anesthesia (JOMA)

The JOMA Chinese edition (the Chinese edition of Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Anesthesia) is a Chinese-language column that addresses the growing need for trusted medical information in China. The initiative of the JOMA Chinese edition aims to raise awareness of medical advances among clinicians through translated content, enhancing the links between Chinese scientists and the international medical community.

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Anaesthesia for Oral Cancer (Published)

This series on “Anaesthesia for Oral Cancer” is edited by Dr. Patrick Ward and Dr. Michael Irwin. The authors are proud to present this special edition to provide a guide that highlights important safety aspects involved in the anaesthesia management of oral cancer.

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Perioperative Organ Injury: Impact on Surgical Outcomes (Ongoing)

This special series of JOMA will cover but not limited: 1) Major noncardiac surgery (e.g. gastrointestinal, thoracic, renal, or transplantation surgery) in-duced vital organ injuries or failure; 2) Surgery associated organ ischaemia-reperfusion injury induced distant organ injury; 3) Systemic inflammatory re-sponse syndrome (SIRS) following microbiome changes; 4) Injurious cross-talk between vital organs; 5) Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on surgical pa-tients and outcomes; 6) Cell death induced by surgical trauma and underlying mechanisms.

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Opioid-free Anesthesia and Opioid-sparing Anesthesia in OMF Surgery

This series on “Opioid-free Anesthesia and Opioid-sparing Anesthesia in OMF Surgery” is edited by Dr. Jingping Wang and Dr. Christopher Fanelli. The main purposes of this series will be (1) to review the current knowledge regarding opioid-free and/or opioid sparing anesthesia and alternative analgesic techniques for the current clinical practice, (2) to describe the major benefits of opioid free and/or sparing anesthesia to the patients and (3) to discuss the multimodal approach to perioperative pain management in OMF surgery.

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Implementation of transparent peer review at Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Anesthesia (JOMA)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to JOMA.

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