We are pleased to announce another milestone for the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, the official journal of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. JSCM, which began its journey as a newsletter for physicians caring for patients in the VA, 1 now serves all disciplines and ranks at the top of its field. While meeting the needs of our global readership is our most important goal, it is gratifying to see objective evidence for the growing reach of the journal's interdisciplinary content in research and care in spinal cord injury.
Each year, Thomson Reuters releases its Journal Citation Reports, which catalogs the impact factors and rankings for thousands of peer-viewed journals. The Impact Factor measures how often a journal's articles are cited in other peer-reviewed journals and is a widely accepted measure of journal influence. Since the publication of JSCM's first impact factor in 2005, it has risen incrementally each year. JSCM's latest impact factor was 2.111, a significant rise from the prior factor of 1.442. This reflects the consistent efforts of our authors, reviewers and editors to bring timely and relevant articles to our readership.
On that note, this issue features the new International Standards to Document Remaining Autonomic Function after Spinal Cord Injury (ISAFSCI,) with a preface by Dr. Andrei Krassioukov. These articles are available for free download at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/scm. The ISAFSCI complements the recently published 2011 revision of The International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI), also issued by the Standards Committee of American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) and the International Spinal Cord Society's (ISCoS) Education Committee. American Spinal Injury Association offers both Standards in booklet form to facilitate bedside evaluations. Companion educational modules are also available (visit http://www.ASIAlearning.org).
JSCM is pleased to contribute to disseminating these important standards to SCI clinicians and scientists.
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