Advanced Interdisciplinary Care in periOperative Practice (AICO Journal) is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing excellence, safety, and innovation in perioperative care. The Journal provides a scientific platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, fostering research and knowledge translation across the entire surgical care continuum.

AICO Journal aims to advance interdisciplinary perioperative science and practice by promoting research that:

• Bridges perioperative disciplines and fosters interprofessional collaboration, integrating nursing, surgery, anesthesia, infection prevention, risk management, biomedical technology, and healthcare management

• Advances evidence-based perioperative care, across pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative phases, with strong implications for patient safety and quality improvement

• Integrates diverse research methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, implementation research, and translational approaches

• Engages with real-world clinical practice, addressing patient experience, human factors, workflow optimization, and team performance in surgical settings

• Explores technological innovation and digital transformation, including surgical technologies, robotics, data systems, simulation, and artificial intelligence in perioperative environments

• Examines ethical, organizational, educational, and policy dimensions shaping perioperative practice at local, national, and global levels

• Demonstrates measurable impact on outcomes, including patient safety, clinical effectiveness, professional development, sustainability, and healthcare system resilience