Five years of European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Five years ago, the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) launched European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) (Olff, 2010). Knowing very little about the world of publishing and in particular about Open Access, it was quite an adventure! Somewhat idealistic, and after having been convinced that Open Access is the future publishing model, we performed a detailed search among potential publishers and found Co-Action Publishing, a relatively small Swedish publisher but with a great deal of experience in journals publishing and with a passion for Open Access. We managed to attract highly competent associate editors and to create an editorial board that reflected diversity in culture, background, language, and expertise. And then we started our journal in December 2010.
Over the years, we have been able to attract a rich content covering the whole range of topics related to psychotrauma. The journal has been indexed in major databases (Scopus being the latest); it has been included in PubMed Central and has received a Thomson Reuters Web of Science impact factor (2014: 1.602). It has, in short, become an important stakeholder in the publication domain (see editorials (Olff, 2012, 2013, 2014; Olff & Bindslev, 2011)).