Happy New Year!

Dear colleagues and friends,

Happy New Year 2019! We are pleased to share that TH Open, the open access companion journal to Thrombosis and Haemostasis, is growing well, publishing more than 65 peer-reviewed manuscripts in both clinical studies and basic science since its launch in 2017.[1]

The length and breadth of articles merit some discussion, and we are pleased to highlight a small selection of the most popular articles. Amongst the clinical studies published in the journal, two papers from the RIETE Registry dealing with cancer-associated thrombosis stand out, which have been widely cited.[2] [3] In the basic science field, a paper by Kashiwagi et al indicating that nicotine- and tar-free cigarette smoke extract (CSE) inhibits COX-1 activity and thereby decreases TXA₂ production in platelets, leading to inhibition of platelet aggregation.[4]

Please check out the TH Open homepage: www.thieme.com/THO where you can read these and all other articles for free, find all info about the journal, and access the submission site.

Manuscripts come in both as direct submissions as well as transfers from Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Authors benefit from rigorous peer-review, rapid online publication, as well as its unique “Pay What You Want” policy which allows authors to decide how much worth they place into the publication process and give a chance to those who are deterred by high publishing prices to submit Open Access.

As a new journal, TH Open is currently under application for indexing in PubMed Central. A few articles are already online on PMC.[5] [6] [7] [8] Once we get fully accepted, all published content will be retroactively included. Further applications to other indexes will follow PMC inclusion. In the meantime, the journal is fully accessible and searchable on www.thieme-connect.com, and we will be actively promoting and highlighting articles from the journal also on Facebook.

A warm “Thank you” goes out to all those who served as reviewers for the journal as well as the dedicated Editorial Board serving TH Open in the past year: Marie Lordkipanidze, Alma Zernecke, Marco Proietti, Sandip Kanse, and Alfonso Tafur.

We also thank our Editorial “God-fathers” (the Editors-in-Chief of Thrombosis and Haemostasis), Gregory Y. H. Lip and Christian Weber, who oversaw our launch[1] [9] and have been supportive of our efforts in enhancing the journal and its content.

With best regards and warm wishes for a healthy and successful year.

No conflict of interest has been declared by the author(s).

• References

• 1 Lip GYH, Weber C. Introducing our new offspring journal … TH Open. TH Open 2017; 1 (01) e1-e2
• 2 Ruiz-Artacho P, Trujillo-Santos J, López-Jiménez L. , et al. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with lung cancer and venous thromboembolism. TH Open 2018; 2 (02) e210-e217
• 3 Tafur AJ, Fuentes H, Caprini JA. , et al. Predictors of early mortality in cancer-associated thrombosis: analysis of the RIETE database. TH Open 2018; 2 (02) e158-e166
• 4 Kashiwagi H, Yuhki K-I, Imamichi Y. , et al. Cigarette smoke inhibits platelet aggregation by suppressing cyclooxygenase activity. TH Open 2017; 1 (02) e122-e129
• 5 Zitomersky NL, Demers M, Martinod K. , et al. ADAMTS13 deficiency worsens colitis and exogenous ADAMTS13 administration decreases colitis severity in mice. TH Open 2017; 1 (01) e11-e23
• 6 Ping Z, Soni A, Williams III LA, Pham HP, Basu MK, Zheng XL. Mutations in coagulation Factor VIII are associated with more favorable outcome in patients with cutaneous melanoma. TH Open 2017; 1 (02) e113-e121
• 7 Smilowitz NR, Gupta N, Guo Y. , et al. Trends in perioperative venous thromboembolism associated with major noncardiac surgery. TH Open 2017; 1 (02) e82-e91
• 8 Walsh TG, Poole AW. Platelets protect cardiomyocytes from ischaemic damage. TH Open 2017; 1 (01) e24-e32
• 9 Lip GYH, Weber C. Thrombosis and Haemostasis: past, present and future. Thromb Haemost 2017; 117 (07) 1217-1218