By now most Neuroradiologists are aware of the US Food and Drug Administration notification regarding dangerous levels of radiation exposure produced in one facility while performing CT perfusion. This unfortunate event has been front page material for the media, leading
Beginning this month AJNR starts its “Go Green” campaign. We ask ASNR members to voluntarily drop their print subscription of AJNR. At AJNR it is our desire to reduce our environmental footprint. Reducing the number of print subscriptions not only
Starting Monday, August 31, when you visit AJNR.ORG you will find our new weekly activity: question and poll. Every Monday we will post a new question and our visitors can vote on an answer. These questions will refer to controversial
I am often asked why can’t AJNR be entirely open access and free for all? There is a direct relationship between quality and freedom of access. To maintain the quality of AJNR we need editors, reviewers, copy editors, high quality
Today, the ISI Web of Knowledge released the new Journal Citation Reports which include metrics that analyze the performance of biomedical journals. AJNR’s impact factor went up from 2.338 (last year) to 2.745 with a 5-year I.F. of 3.010. These
The following announcement appeared recently in the ASNR website: The ASNR and the WFITN and its related societies have agreed on a collaborative effort between the American Journal of Neuroradiology and their journal, Interventional Neuroradiology (INR). This collaboration will help
According to the latest information published by the prestigious www.eigenfactor.org, this is how AJNR ranks and compares to other imaging journals: 1. Out of 25 imaging-related journals, AJNR scored an EF of 93.8 making it the third highest after Radiology
In a recent article (Science 2009; 323: 1293), 163 instances of potential plagiarism were investigated by contacting the authors and editors and guaranteeing anonymity. The response rate was 90% and 93% of authors of the original articles were not aware
On March 23th the University of Michigan Press announced that it will go all digital (no more paper publications!). They will not reduce their press budget but use these resources in a more efficient way. This may be a welcome
In one of my previous editorials I commented on Harvard’s open access (OA) initiative (AJNR 2008; 29: 617-18). Basically, regardless of publication venue, all investigators working for that institution have to deposit a copy of their articles in a free
