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Keeping a Tradition by Looking Forward

The Journal of Neuroimaging was founded in 1991 by Dr. Leon Prockop, who organized and negotiated the production of the new journal during his presidency of the American Society of Neuroimaging (ASN). He envisioned the journal as a means to enhance the academic visibility of the ASN and to provide neurologists and other physicians interested in imaging of the nervous system with an outlet for their high-quality neuroimaging papers. His hard work and expertise as an editor nurtured the nascent Journal from publishing 17 papers in 1991 to 60 papers in 1998, when he handed the baton to Dr. Lawrence Weschler. Now in a different role, Dr. Prockop has maintained his support for the Journal he created. Among other initiatives, a few years ago he organized the John and Sophie Prockop Memorial Lectureship foundation to award yearly the best publication in the Journal . Dr. Weschler has continued the line of excellent organization and high standards marked by his predecessor. Under his leadership, the Journal of Neuroimaging ranks (ISI Journal Citation Reports ) in the top 6 among 14 neuroimaging journals; 78 among 148 clinical neurology journals, and 43 among 84 radiology, nuclear medicine, and general medical imaging journals. In the last year its impact factor has risen from 1.2 to 1.6. In December 2005 he moved the publication to Blackwell Publishing, a prestigious and well-organized publishing company headquartered in Oxford, UK. This move has allowed for the editorial process to be completed on-line. On-line processing not only saves costs and time, but also allows for the distribution of editorial tasks, such that the geographic location of the editorial office becomes irrelevant. The manuscripts are not mailed, but submitted through secure Internet portals. A major role in the success of the Journal rests with the Associate Editors and Section Editors, whose names are listed in the front matter. Among other tasks, they oversee the editorial line, select topics of importance, and monitor the peer-review process. To them goes my great appreciation for their contribution to the Journal. To see forward the Journal of Neuroimaging is now easier, because the field of neuroimaging is expanding like few other fields in medicine and related sciences. Witness the following facts: • Neuroimaging is becoming the most useful surrogate marker for the testing of new therapies to treat some diseases of the nervous system. • Neuroimaging techniques that up until now have been mainly in the realm of research are entering the clinical arena. For instance, MRI voxel-based volumetry morphometry is likely to be used soon by clinicians in the diagnosis of cognitive impairment. It allows for a much more probable diagnosis of Alzheimer’s versus other degenerative dementias than simple clinical or neuropsychological testing. ◦ A corollary is that the neuroimaging phenotype will be used much more often to determine which genetic tests, if any, are needed for a given patient. • As a result of these scientific developments, as well as the use of ultrafast neuroimaging for the management of stroke, the role of the clinician in imaging is becoming much more important. ◦ Imaging information has to be integrated with other information about the function of the nervous system and genetics for the management of individual patients and for the design of imaging protocols. Such imaging protocols are not the “cookbook recipes” of times past, but require tailoring to the individual patient and an extensive knowledge of the clinical presentation and of the nervous system, not only its imaging aspects.