TY - JOUR T1 - <em>TSACO</em> first anniversary: life is good JF - Trauma Surgery &amp; Acute Care Open DO - 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000114 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - e000114 AU - Timothy C Fabian Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000114.abstract N2 - Life is good at TSACO… Our first article published on May 31, 2016, and we have now accepted 51 articles. It took a bit of adjustment for all of us, including authors and the Editorial Board, to know what to expect from open access (OA) publishing and to become acquainted with a new web address (tsaco.bmj.com) and submission process. Everyone anticipated that OA would provide for rapid times from submission to decision and publication. Submission to publication times are getting progressively lower and are now under 5 weeks; we plan to get them down to 1 month.TSACO is intended to serve a global audience and we have received submissions from 16 countries. We publish on all aspects of trauma including injury prevention, global systems' disaster and mass casualty, orthopedic injuries, neurological trauma, … ER -