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APS Bulletin • Volume 11, Number 4, July/August 2001
Communication Interchange
The Journal of Pain
Gerald Gebhart, PhD, Editor, The Journal of Pain
Journal Growth
In its second year of publication as the American Pain Society’s peer-reviewed scientific journal, The Journal of Pain has grown from a quarterly to a bimonthly journal in 2001. By the end of 2001, the journal will have published clinical research (53% of papers), basic research (35%), critical review articles, and case reports. The current acceptance rate is 55%; the rejection rate is 45%. The average time from submission to first decision is 4.6 weeks, and each paper is typically reviewed by three referees. Authors from 20 countries have submitted to the journal, 70% coming from the United States.
Contributors are now able to submit manuscripts online and increasing numbers of authors are using this option. Since this tool was introduced at the beginning of this year, about one-third of new manuscripts have been submitted online. Manuscripts are then transferred to referees electronically; in most cases, this expedites the review time substantially. The submission tool, an easy four-step process, is available at www.ampainsoc.org. Revised manuscripts also can be submitted online.
Because of growing interest among authors, the journal will increase the number of pages published in 2002. In addition, the journal applied for indexing in April of this year with Index Medicus. Current indices include the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Excerpta Medica/ EMBASE, Neuroscience Citation Index, PsycINFO, and Research Alert.
August 2001 Preview
Large-fibre Mechanoreceptors Contribute to Muscle Soreness after Eccentric Exercise (original report)
N.S. Weerakkody, N.P. Whitehead, B.J. Canny, J.E. Gregory, U. Proske
Immediate Reorganization of the Rat Somatosensory Thalamus Following Partial Ligation of Sciatic Nerve (original report)
A. Vania Apkarian, J. Brüggemnn, V. Galhardo
Pain Management Techniques Used by Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (original report)
Caroline Heckman-Stone, Cheryl Stone
Conditions Affecting the Onset, Severity and Progression of a Spontaneous Pain-Like Behavior Following Excitotoxic Spinal Cord Injury (original report)
A.L. Gorman, G.R. Ruenes, L. Daniels, R.P. Yezierski
Evaluation of Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Transfermal Fentanyl in the Treatment of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (original report)
Keith Milligan, Michel Lanteri-Minet, Klaus Borchert, Henk Halmers, Royden Donald, Hans-Georg Kress, Hugo Adriaensen, Dwight Moulin, Voitto Jarvimaki, Ludo Haazen
Correction
An abstract that appeared in The Journal of Pain’s April supplement (Abstracts of the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, American Pain Society, April 19–22, 2001), was not printed as the final version submitted by the authors. The correct version of “A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Controlled Release Oxycodone and Active Placebo in Patients with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy,” by C. Peter N. Watson, MD, Dwight Moulin, MD, Judy Watt-Watson, PhD, Allan Gordon, MD, John Eisenhoffer, MD, Patricia Quigley, MSc, Zoltan Harsanyi, MBA, Andrew C. Darke, PhD, appears at www.ampainsoc.org and www2.jpain.org.
