Editorial: what editors welcome ISSN: 2469-6706 Vol. 5 2018 Editorial: what editors welcome Jerzy Jankun a , 1, Roberta Redfern b and Arjun Sabharwal c aDepartments of Urology, Heath Science Campus, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH ,bProMedica, Research Department, Toledo OH, and cLibrary Administration and Digital Initiatives, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. Translation; The University of Toledo Journal of Medical Sci-ences, online journal, launched a few years ago by UT, is accept- ing again papers in all aspects of medical sciences in four different categories: (i) original articles reporting results of basic or clinical research; (ii) case reports; (iii) reviews; (iv) and editorials. I have agreed to take a role of new Editor-in-Chief of this jour- nal, together with the Associate Editors: Dr. Roberta Redfern, Clini- cal Research Scientist from ProMedica Research Department, Toledo Ohio and Arjun Sabharwal Associate Professor of Library Adminis- tration and Digital Initiatives librarian of The University of Toledo, Ohio. Papers will be peer reviewed by two reviewers and at this mo- ment there are no publication charges. This will provide an op- portunity for the medical students, graduate students, residents, fel- lows and faculty to publish research observation in a timely manner. Manuscripts will be considered with the understanding that they re- port original work and are not under consideration for publication by any another journal. Furthermore, we would like to complete peer re- view of the papers in most cases within two weeks upon submission and reach a decision on acceptance soon after. We would like to continue tradition of this journal to accept sci- entifically sound papers including controversial reports. This is on the assumption that progress in science can be achieved by mean- ingful discussion and understanding of the scientists using different paradigms and tactics of modeling and interpretation of medical sci- ence. Progress in science, including all branches of medical sciences, is not an endless buildup of data and ideas, but more accurately it is a revolutionary process during which dreams of new findings about the causes, treatment and prevention of disease surfaces. In the last cen- tury this process resulted in the golden age of sciences. In the 20th century investment in medical sciences and public health resulted in an unprecedented improvement in the health and wellbeing of people. Between 1900 and 1999 life expectancy increased by 40 %, which is a greater raise than in the past 250,000 years of the human existence (1). This incredible progress has come with a cost as health care spending gets higher, at levels greater than gross domestic product (GDP). For example Sorenson et al. reports that in 2009 average health spending reached 9.5% of GDP in the USA, rising from 8.8% in 2008 (2). The United States spends approximately $ 3 trillion a year which is more than other high-income countries, and yet our international peers that are spending less provide better health care (3). Thus, rising health expenditure requires complex balancing act between cost controls, fair access to beneficial treatments, hopefully through common public health care coverage. We believe that by generating new knowledge and fueling inno- vation we can provide solutions to the problems facing medical sci- ences of 21 century. This is why science matters and therefore while all papers in the field of medical sciences will be considered, the journal will welcome especially the manuscripts describing new ap- proaches to old problems and these dealing with reduction of health care costs. Jerzy Jankun, PhD, DSc Editor-in-Chief. Professor, Department of Urology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Roberta Redfern, PhD, Associate Editor, Clinical Research Scientist, ProMedica Research Department, Toledo, Ohio. Arjun Sabharwal, Associate Editor, Associate Professor of Library Administration and Digital Initiatives, The University of Toledo, Ohio. All authors contributed to this paper. 1To whom correspondence should be sent: Jerzy.Jankun@utoledo.edu. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Submitted: April/19/2018, published: April/20//2018. Freely available online through the UTJMS open access option utdc.utoledo.edu/Translation UTJMS 2018 Vol. 5 1–2 1. Arias E, Curtin LR, Wei R, & Anderson RN (2008) U.S. decennial life tables for 1999-2001, United States life tables. National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System 57(1):1-36. 2. Sorenson C, Drummond M, & Bhuiyan Khan B (2013) Medical technology as a key driver of rising health expenditure: disentangling the relationship. ClinicoEco- nomics and outcomes research: CEOR 5:223-234. 3. Bush M (2018) Addressing the Root Cause: Rising Health Care Costs and Social Determinants of Health. North Carolina medical journal 79(1):26-29. 2 utdc.utoledo.edu/Translation Jankun et al. Cover Volume 5 Editorial final