The Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine through the 2010s: A generalist journal of rehabilitation with a French touch (original) (raw)

2020, Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine

The editors of the Annals wish a happy new year to all readers as 5 well as authors and reviewers who contribute to the reputation of 6 the journal. We hope to extend to the coming decade the 7 extraordinary success of the 2010s, outlined below. 8 The Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine is a generalist 9 journal of rehabilitation, resolutely turned toward translational 10 research. Rehabilitation is the target activity of physiatrists, in 11 collaboration with many other medical specialists such as 12 rheumatologists, neurologists, geriatricians, pediatricians, cardio-13 logists, angiologists, pneumologists, diabetologists, orthopedic 14 surgeons, neurosurgeons, thoracic and vascular surgeons, urolo-15 gists, etc. Rehabilitation is also the target activity of physio-16 therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, prosthetic 17 fitters, psychologists, and many other care givers. By nature, 18 rehabilitation is multidisciplinary, and in essence it is transversal. 19 Severely disabled people need rehabilitation care of several 20 origins: neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory, rheumatologic, 21 orthopedic, urologic etc. The number of scientific journals 22 dedicated to rehabilitation has burgeoned during the last decade, 23 but most focus on a specific field or profession, sometimes limited 24 to a very narrow domain. We are convinced there is a place for a 25 generalist approach, covering all rehabilitation domains and 26 attracting a large readership as well as facilitating synergies and 27 moving boundaries within the field [1,2]. 28 Our generalist editorial line is well emphasized by the domains 29 of the 738 papers published since 2010 (source Web of Science): 30 orthopedics and rheumatology (59%), neurosciences and neurolo-31 gy (48%), sport sciences (41%), behavioral sciences (28%), 32 psychology (27%), anatomy and morphology (23%), geriatrics 33 and gerontology (21%), cardiovascular system (19%), physiology 34 (19%), health care services (19%), pediatrics (11%), science and 35 technology (11%), pharmacology and pharmacy (9%), psychiatry 36 (8%), social sciences (8%), biochemistry and molecular biology (7%), 37 respiratory system (6%), medical imaging (6%), and public health 38 (6%). Special issues in the last decade also point to this diversity: in