Founded in 1980 by Juan M. Taveras, also the founder of the American Society of Neuroradiology, AJNR became the leading neuroimaging publication in the world, and continues to be so today. But since the establishment of AJNR Online, content published prior to 1995 has not been available on the Journal‘s website. Thus, we are pleased to announce the AJNR Legacy Collection, an expansion of our archives back to the very beginning. Visitors to ajnr.org can now, for the first time, access PDFs of articles published from 1980 to the present.
After Dr. Taveras, who served from 1980–1990, AJNR has been overseen by four other Editors-in-Chief: Michael S. Huckman (1990–1998); Robert M. Quencer (1998–2006); Robert I. Grossman (2006–2007); and Mauricio Castillo (2007–present). Together they have presided over the development of the Journal, which, today, publishes over 350 peer-reviewed papers per year and maintains a stable of free online features like our Special Collections and Case Collections.
If you’ve been looking to complete a personal electronic library of your own citations or simply wish to see how the field of neuroradiology has progressed over the last 30 years, the Legacy Collection is a resource we’re proud to offer. You may as well start off with the first paper we ever published, an editorial by Dr. Taveras entitled “The Development of Neuroradiology in the United States”, which described the position of AJNR at its inception, expressed hope for its future trajectory, and articulated a primary mission, to broaden the inroads into professional practice and patient care already blazed by the ASNR:
The American Society of Neuroradiology can be proud of its accomplishments. In a short span of some 17 years since its founding in 1962, it has become one of the strongest and most vital societies within radiology. Being in an interdisciplinary field, its future growth and its accomplishments will depend on the ability of its members to take advantage of the research opportunities offered in the imaging field as well as on the effective collaboration with neurologists and neurological surgeons in order to be able to apply the latest technical developments for the benefit of the patient.
It is our earnest desire that the AJNR will fulfill the promise, and the hope, to become the true voice of neuroradiology in North America, a journal of which the Society can be proud. It cannot accomplish this dream without the full support of the Society. Let us put all of our strength and enthusiasm behind it.
We sincerely hope that we have fulfilled the expectations of this mission thus far, and we thank all of the readers, authors, and editors who have helped us—and, we hope, will continue to help us—push neuroradiology forward into an unseen and exciting future.
