German scientific publishers Springer will take over the publishing duties for the Internal and Emergency Medicine (IEM) journal in March. IEM joins the Springer scientific technical and medical titles and will be available online via SpringerLink and can now offer its authors open access publishing options.

IEM is an English language Italian journal that has two sections, each with its own editorial board. The journal was set up in 1986 to improve emergency patient care and research into the subject. As a quarterly journal it publishes research, review articles, editorials and commentaries.

"Our partnership will guarantee international expose and simpler access to the journal," said Professor Giuseppe Licata of Italian Society of Internal Medicine.