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NSA and the Japan Stroke Society
Editorial
NSA and the Japan Stroke Society We write this editorial with great pride. The Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease is now the official journal of the National Stroke Association and the Japan Stroke Society. What began as an idea shared by Professor Gotoh and ourselves at the Cologne CBF meetings nearly three years ago, is now a reality. We believe that this joint venture, embraced by the boards and leadership of both our societies, will enable us to better promote the cause and science of cerebral vascular disease in our two countries and the world. The partnership provides an expanded readership of the Journal and an opportunity to disseminate our studies more widely. Work that previously only was published in the Japanese literature now will be available in English and, increasing our circulation, the Journal will be distributed to the nearly four thousand members of the world's largest stroke society in Japan. We want to express our sincere thanks to Professor Gotoh, President Pete Todd, and to Nancy MuUins, Executive Publisher and her colleagues at W. B. Saunders for their patience and forbearance during the negotiations that made this enterprise possible. A word on how the day-to-day activities of the Journal will be conducted. Professors Fujishima and Welch are joint editors of equal status. All Japanese papers will be submitted to Professor Fujishima's editorial office for review, and all US papers to Professor Welch's office, now moved to the University of Kansas Medical School. Authors from other countries have the option of submitting work to either of our offices; for example, papers from Asia and the Orient logically may be submitted to Japan, and from Europe submitted to the US. From the Japanese editorial office, papers will be sent for review to the Japanese editorial board members and reviewers, or to international reviewers as deemed appropriate. The US
office will continue with the previous editorial board and ad hoc reviewers, as was the custom. The editorial boards will merge from this issue forward, although in future the size of the board may change. Each of us may choose to reject papers based on the recommendations of the review panel. All papers considered worthy of publication would eventually pass to the US office for further editing when necessary. Before being sent to the publishers, each issue will be compiled by both editors working together. If disagreement should arise concerning worthiness of publication of any paper accepted by either of us, we would send it to a mutually acceptable arbiter whose decision would be final. We now pledge our commitment to continually improving the standard of the Journal in scientific content, interest and presentation. We ask you to help us by submitting your best work to us. Those of you who now do so regularly, we thank you for your support. Those of you that review for us regularlj6 we are indebted to you and hope that we can continue to call on you. Periodically we publish a list of ad hoc reviewers to acknowledge the sacrifice of their time and contribution of their experience and judgement. No doubt there will growth problems as we enter this new stage in our joint venture. We welcome your suggestions and constructive criticism as we attempt to provide you with a journal that becomes essential reading for those of us dedicated to combating stroke.
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Vol. 8, No. 1 (January-February), 1999: p i
Masatoshi Fujishima, MD Editor K.M.A. Welch, MD Editor
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NSA and the Japan Stroke Society We write this editorial with great pride. The Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease is now the official journal of the National Stroke Association and the Japan Stroke Society. What began as an idea shared by Professor Gotoh and ourselves at the Cologne CBF meetings nearly three years ago, is now a reality. We believe that this joint venture, embraced by the boards and leadership of both our societies, will enable us to better promote the cause and science of cerebral vascular disease in our two countries and the world. The partnership provides an expanded readership of the Journal and an opportunity to disseminate our studies more widely. Work that previously only was published in the Japanese literature now will be available in English and, increasing our circulation, the Journal will be distributed to the nearly four thousand members of the world's largest stroke society in Japan. We want to express our sincere thanks to Professor Gotoh, President Pete Todd, and to Nancy MuUins, Executive Publisher and her colleagues at W. B. Saunders for their patience and forbearance during the negotiations that made this enterprise possible. A word on how the day-to-day activities of the Journal will be conducted. Professors Fujishima and Welch are joint editors of equal status. All Japanese papers will be submitted to Professor Fujishima's editorial office for review, and all US papers to Professor Welch's office, now moved to the University of Kansas Medical School. Authors from other countries have the option of submitting work to either of our offices; for example, papers from Asia and the Orient logically may be submitted to Japan, and from Europe submitted to the US. From the Japanese editorial office, papers will be sent for review to the Japanese editorial board members and reviewers, or to international reviewers as deemed appropriate. The US
office will continue with the previous editorial board and ad hoc reviewers, as was the custom. The editorial boards will merge from this issue forward, although in future the size of the board may change. Each of us may choose to reject papers based on the recommendations of the review panel. All papers considered worthy of publication would eventually pass to the US office for further editing when necessary. Before being sent to the publishers, each issue will be compiled by both editors working together. If disagreement should arise concerning worthiness of publication of any paper accepted by either of us, we would send it to a mutually acceptable arbiter whose decision would be final. We now pledge our commitment to continually improving the standard of the Journal in scientific content, interest and presentation. We ask you to help us by submitting your best work to us. Those of you who now do so regularly, we thank you for your support. Those of you that review for us regularlj6 we are indebted to you and hope that we can continue to call on you. Periodically we publish a list of ad hoc reviewers to acknowledge the sacrifice of their time and contribution of their experience and judgement. No doubt there will growth problems as we enter this new stage in our joint venture. We welcome your suggestions and constructive criticism as we attempt to provide you with a journal that becomes essential reading for those of us dedicated to combating stroke.
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Vol. 8, No. 1 (January-February), 1999: p i
Masatoshi Fujishima, MD Editor K.M.A. Welch, MD Editor
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