Launching a New Section ‘Biomedical Engineering’

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. decided to make a new section of sub-specialty " Biomedical Engineering " in addition to 36 present sections. A few articles in the field of biomedical engineering have been published every year in JKMS under several subspe-cialty categories. The new section was reported to the Board of Trustee of the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. I asked president of the Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (KSMBE) to recommend section editor. The board of KSMBE discussed this affair and the president recommended The research in biomedical engineering in Korea is rapidly growing and numerous good articles are published every year. It is mutually beneficial for JKMS and the researchers of bio-medical engineering to make the new section of Biomedical Engineering in the scope of medical sciences. I expect this section launching encourages the researchers of Korean biomedi-cal engineering to submit their good manuscripts to JKMS, and the articles may invite more readers and citations. Since JKMS is serviced to global audience through well-established international online networks, the new section will boost research of KSMBE members. I would like to invite more submissions to the section, Biomedical Engineering of JKMS.