CHRISTOPH ZIELINSKI was named editor-in-chief of ESMO Open, a new open-access, peer-reviewed online journal published by the European Society of Medical Oncology.
Zielinski, 63, is director of the Clinical Division of Oncology and Chairman of the Department of Medicine I and the Comprehensive Cancer Centre at the Medical University in Vienna.
He has been president of the Central European Cooperative Oncology Group since 1999 and member of the ESMO executive board since 2014.
Zielinski’s research focuses on clinical trials in breast, lung cancer, personalized medicine and immuno-oncology. He has published more than 600 papers.
ESMO Open will operate a fast submission and review process with continuous publication online to ensure that timely, up-to-date research is available worldwide and adheres to a rigorous and transparent peer-review process.
The first articles will be published in January 2016.
