Welcome letter from Yemen Journal of Medicine

The past decades have witnessed several attempts to establish renowned medical journals in the Republic of Yemen. Some of these initiatives were successful but fell short of the researchers' expectations because they failed to meet international standards of scholarly writing in the medical field. Recently, the civil war has dashed any hope of launching such a journal from the interior of the country. We believe that this is the right time to establish a new peer-reviewed medical journal of high standards that meets the expectations of all Yemeni researchers inside and outside the country. Consequently, after much discussion, we have finalized the structure and content of the Yemen Journal of Medicine.