Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Biology; A big step forward to advance scientific publication & cooperation in the region

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine & biology (AOJNMB) is the official publication of Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology (AOFNMB). When publication of an official journal of AOFNMB was suggested in 10 th AOFNMB meeting in Tehran and followed to bring into the reality, almost uniformly positive feed-backs from the scientists and colleagues convinced me that it has been an important neglected regional desire. Now it is my great pleasure and honor to serve as editor in chief of this new promising journal. AOJNMB focuses on issues of interest of scientists and physicians working in the field of nuclear medicine and biology and publishes a variety of articles including original research, technical notes, case reports, review articles and meta-analysis. Although the journal tries to provide a platform for communication between the scientists (in particular from the region) and give them an opportunity to publish their work free of charge, manuscripts from all around the world is most welcome. AOJNMB is an open access journal with absolutely no costs to authors and their institution. Although open access policy is getting popularity in recent years, the current situation is not in the best interest of authors (1). In some open access journals the publication fee is more than doubled in last few years and increasing by the time. In the era of cost containments and recent economic crisis , the publication fee is imposed in some previously free journals too. This makes free publication more and more difficult for the scientists from developing countries (1). provides an opportunity for authors to publish with no costs and enjoy the benefits of open access policy simultaneously. The journal will be published biannually (in May and November each year) for the first two years and may increase the number of issues per year later. The journal uses a standard peer review process and all manuscripts are reviewed by two reviewers for the originality, relevance , quality and integrity of the manuscript. The revised manuscript is sent to a comparative reviewer for further evaluation. Final decision on acceptance or rejection of the article is done by editor in chief based on these expert opinions. Three experienced associate editors and a group of well known editorial board members are serving the journal, which are mainly from Asia …