It is our honour to introduce the third issue of the Journal of Cartilage & Joint PreservationTM (JCJP), the official journal of the International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS). As many of our readers already know, this journal is an exciting new endeavour sponsored and supported by ICRS, and made possible through Elsevier. It is an open-access journal, so you can read it anywhere, anytime, completely free with no restrictions.