Neuropediatrics 2014; 45(01): 001-002
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366909
Editorial
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

News on Neuropediatrics

Eugen Boltshauser
1   Department of Neuropediatrics, Prof. Emeritus, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Bernd A. Neubauer
2   Department of Neuropediatrics, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
,
Barbara Plecko Editors in Chief, Neuropediatrics
3   Department of Neuropediatrics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Graham Brumfield Senior Acquisition Editor, Thieme Publishers
4   Thieme Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany
› Author Affiliations
Further Information

Address for correspondence

Prof. Barbara Plecko, MD
University Children's Hospital
Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zurich
Switzerland   

Publication History

Publication Date:
23 January 2014 (online)

 

Dear Colleagues, Dear Readers,

We would like to update you about several innovations and changes related to Neuropediatrics, which have been effected with the February issue of 2014.

In view of an increasing flow of manuscripts, the page budget of the journal has been increased by more than 10% in 2014, with a further increase planned for 2015. In addition to the increase in pages, and in order to publish more articles, we are encouraging authors to take advantage of the option to incorporate online-only supplementary material (supplementary figures, tables, references) into their papers. The article categories have been further defined, specifying the allowed word count, number of figures/tables, and number of references. Please consult the modified “instructions for authors” on the journal's Web site.

We continue to encourage authors to submit short communications (case reports), provided they add a relevant and novel aspect to our current knowledge. With this issue, we are opening up the journal to publish supplemental video material. Video material will be accepted along with a paper if it adds substantially to the written message and we will be very selective in this respect. For technical details, please consult the "instructions for authors."

We are pleased to report a constant flow of manuscripts, with a rejection rate in 2012 of just under 50%. In order to further accelerate editorial process in 2014, we will be asking authors to revise and resubmit manuscripts within 6 weeks of the first decision. Fortunately, we have been able to reverse the declining Impact Factor and saw the journal achieve a score of 1.192 in 2013.

The editorial board too has undergone changes this year. We are grateful to those members who have stepped down and we thank them for their academic contribution to the journal. At the same time, we are happy to welcome our new board members who will feature on the masthead of each issue.

The quality of any journal depends largely on the input from its reviewers. We are very grateful to all reviewers who have supported Neuropediatrics with their expertise. In an effort to thank all reviewers for their invaluable contribution, we will acknowledge them by publishing their names in the first issue of Neuropediatrics each year. For the year 2013, the editors would like to thank the following colleagues (see Thank You, Reviewers!) for their time and expertise in reviewing manuscripts. They not only have enhanced the quality of the content but they also have guided new researchers/authors with their precious advice.

Last but not least, we would like to thank all those who contributed to the successful and timely publication of Neuropediatrics in 2013: authors, reviewers, associate editors, and the publishing team. We are grateful to our readers for their interest, and we continue to welcome feedback.

Thank You, Reviewers!

Tomoyuki Akiyama

Filippo Arrigoni

Birgit Assmann

Stephane Auvin

Robert Avery

James Barkovich

Thomas Bast

Jan Bauer

Jules G. Becher

Christoph Berger

Roswitha Berger

Steffen Berweck

Roberta Biancheri

Michel Billiard

Eugen Boltshauser

Knut Brockmann

Juergen Brunner

Eva Bueltmann

Pippo Capovilla

Anne-Marie Childs

Chao Cho-Ming

Hans-Jürgen Christen

Paul Chumas

Alexander Claviez

Dana Craiu

Tim de Meij

Marie-Claire de Wit

Tom deKoning

Matthew Derrick

Olivier Devuyst

Francis di Mario

Doniel Drazin

Friedrich Ebinger

Harald Erhardt

Gareth Evans

Martha Feucht

Dirk Fischer

Katsunori Fujii

Sabina Gallati

Jutta Gärtner

Elke Gizewski

Sidney Gospe

Michael A. Grotzer

Laurent Guibaud

Adam Hartman

Hans Hartmann

Martin Häusler

Matthias Heckmann

Florian Heinen

Christoph Helmstaedter

Julia Hennermann

Andrew G. Herzog

Georg F. Hoffmann

Mitsuaki Hosoya

Thierry Huisman

Peter Huppke

Dirk Isbrandt

Howard Jacobs

Andrew James

Mitsuhiro Kato

Toru Kato

Colin Kennedy

Matthias Kieslich

Ryutaro Kira

Janbernd Kirschner

Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof

Andrea Klein

Joerg Klepper

Gerhard Kluger

Alfried Kohlschütter

Hirohumi Komaki

Rudolf Korinthenberg

Barbara Kornek

Ingeborg Kraegeloh-Mann

Günter Krämer

Sandro Krieg

Gerhard Kurlemann

Jonathan Kurz

Dennis Lal

Mirjam Landgraf

Ming Lim

Doris Lin

Rolf Maier

Mike Maslin

Thomas Mayer

Eugenio Mercuri

Sascha Meyer

Kenji Mori

Wolfgang Mueller-Felber

David Nadal

Toshisaburo Nagai

Giancarlo Natalucci

Richard Newton

Alex R. Paciorkowski

Rainer Pankau

Jessica Panzer

Zoltan Patay

Aurelia Peraud

Heike Philippi

Daniela Pohl

Andrea Poretti

Daniela Prayer

Susana Quijano-Roy

Karl Reiter

Konrad Rejdak

Harold Rekate

Frederik Romi

Andrea Rossi

Kevin Rostásy

Ruth Ruscheweyh

Masayuki Sasaki

Ulrike Schara

Marina Schoemaker

Sabine Schollürgi

Peter Schramm

Andreas Schulze-Bonhage

Juergen Seeger

Alcino Silva

Deborah Sival

Franz Staudt

Martin Staudt

Maja Steinlin

Volker Straub

Andreas Straube

Jun-ichi Takanashi

Marc Tardieu

Michael Taylor

Carolina Tesi-Rocha

Kathrin Tintelnot

Jun Tohyama

Regina Trollmann

Eberhard Uhl

Enza Valente

Andreas van Baalen

Marjo van der Knaap

Conny M. A. van Ravenswaaij-Arts

Dannis van Vuurden

Adeline Vanderver

Clara Vas Marecos

Hongyan Wang

Helene Werner

Bernd Wilken

Michél Willemsen

Elaine C. Wirrell

Nicole Wolf

Ting Zhang


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Address for correspondence

Prof. Barbara Plecko, MD
University Children's Hospital
Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zurich
Switzerland