It is a huge honor as well as a challenge to take over the helm of Indian Journal of Neurotrauma (IJNT) in the year 2019. The journal is being published for almost 15 years now and
has been able to make a reputation for itself in this period. This is only because
of the selfless hard work put in by previous editors that the journal is indexed in
Emerging Sources Citation Index, Indmed, EBSCO, and ProQuest. My vision is to have
it indexed in Pubmed before the end of my tenure in 2022. However, as the saying goes—vision without execution is hallucination–and accordingly certain conscious decisions have been taken to ensure that the journal
gets the recognition it rightfully deserves.
First, it has been decided to make IJNT “Open Access” with effect from January 2020.
This means that articles will be freely accessible on the journal site without any
subscription charges, thus improving visibility and access to the journal worldwide.
Second, with the primary goal of having the journal come out regularly and on time,
the frequency of the journal has been decreased to 2 per year. This will also help
us concentrate on the quality of the content in IJNT.
Third, the Neurotrauma Society of India has committed to continue to wholeheartedly
support the publication cost of IJNT for the foreseeable future, an extremely important
step for the viability and vitality of the journal.
Last, but not the least, we plan to add new features to the journal to make it more
readable, educational, and most importantly relevant in today’s world of data overload.
The issue you are holding is a special issue focusing on spinal trauma and we have
especially curated invited articles from the leading luminaries in this field for
you and we hope to bring you many more special issues of IJNT in the near future.
I would love to hear your feedback on this issue of IJNT at drdeepak@aiims.edu) and
am excited about our shared vision for the “rejuvenated” IJNT for the near future.
