title: What is the purpose of launching the World Journal of Psychiatry?
abstract: The first issue of World Journal of Psychiatry (WJP), whose preparatory work was initiated on May 18, 2011, will be published on December 31, 2011. The WJP Editorial Board has now been established and consists of 103 distinguished experts from 32 countries. Our purpose of launching WJP is to publish peer-reviewed, high-quality articles via an open-access online publishing model, thereby acting as a platform for communication between peers and the wider public, and maximizing the benefits to editorial board members, authors and readers.
authors.affiliation: Anantha Shekhar, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, 410 West 10th Street, Suite 1100, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Anantha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shekhar
keywords: Authors; Editorial board members; Open-access; Psychiatry; Readers