BioMed Central has recently launched a Japan Gateway, bringing together resources and information from researchers across Japan as well as highlighting high-impact research from the region.

The Japan Gateway also hosts a new brochure (available in both Japanese and English), which demonstrates the benefits of publishing in open access journals. Profiles of highly respected scientists who have chosen to publish with us, including Masahiro Fujii and Yoshihide Hayashizaki, are also featured. The gateway also provides details of our journals with affiliations to Japanese societies:

• BioPsychoSocial Medicine, the official journal of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine
• Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology, the official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Society for of Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine

Using Springer’s innovative AuthorMapper, the Japan Gateway is also able to visually map the locations of BioMed Central authors from Japan and those-co-authoring with Japanese authors.

Pay a visit to the new Japan Gateway now to see the wide variety of resources available for scientists and clinicians in Japan.