Competition winners announced!
The Clinical Applications and Benefits Using Closed-Incision Negative Pressure Therapy (ciNPT) for Incision and Surrounding Soft Tissue Management publishing competition has come to a close and we are pleased to announce the winning articles based on highest Cureus SIQ score*!

• 1st place - $5,000 honorarium (9.03 SIQ): Clinical Experiences with Closed Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Treatment on Various Anatomic Locations
• 2nd place - $2,000 honorarium (8.78 SIQ): Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy Achieves Better Outcome Than Standard Wound Care: Clinical Outcome and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Open Ventral Hernia Repair With Synthetic Mesh Positioning
• 3rd place - $1,000 honorarium (8.58 SIQ): Closure of a Complex Lower Extremity Wound With the Use of Multiple Negative Pressure Therapy Modalities

We'd like to thank the Cureus community and our sponsor, KCI, for making this competition a success. You can browse through the entire library of competition articles via the button below.

Cureus is committed to reducing barriers to publication for authors all over the world. What does that mean in practical terms? Open Access, free and low-cost publication, fast publication times and none of the backroom political maneuvering that dominates traditional journals such as JAMA or NEJM.

We'd like to think this is a goal that everyone can agree with, but there are still gatekeepers who don't seem to "get it" and Cureus Founder and Editor-in-Chief Dr. John Adler is here with his latest blog post on the challenges faced by Cureus as we attempt to reframe academic publishing around a transparent, democratic process.

We've added a United States map to the article metrics page allowing you to view the number of online views and PDF downloads by state!

Don't forget to share the good news and promote your newly published article! Amplify the reach of your research through the power of social media. Make sure to follow and tag Cureus on our social media channels so that we can find and share your work with our community:

• Twitter: @CureusInc 
• Facebook: @CureusInc
• Instagram: @CureusMD
• LinkedIn: Cureus