For more than three decades, The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine has reflected the evolution of the field of spinal cord medicine. From its inception as a newsletter for physicians striving to provide the best of care, JSCM has matured into an international journal that serves professionals from all disciplines—medicine, nursing, therapy, engineering, psychology and social work.
JSCM publishes articles encompassing the field of spinal cord medicine leading to excellence in practice, education, research, policy development, and academic administration. It includes original research, reviews, clinical notes, case reports, technical perspectives, editorials, letters to the editor, commentaries, and abstracts of literature, dealing with the subject of spinal cord impairment.
The scope of the Journal includes:
• Neuroplasticity and neuroregeneration • Outcomes measures and research • Assistive technology • Activity-based therapy • Care management • Surgical interventions • Translational research • Wound care • Quality of life issues • Pain management
Journal metrics
Usage
129K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
4.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.927 (2023) SNIP
0.534 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
59 days avg. from submission to first
decision
99 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
23 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
34% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Florian P Thomas – Neuroscience Institute, Hackensack University Medical Center, and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
MANAGING EDITOR Katie Costello
ASSISTANT EDITOR Carolann Murphy – PA, Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Paul M. Arnold – University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA M. Safwan Badr – Wayne State University School of Medicine and John D. Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI, USA Donald R Bodner – UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA Amanda Botticello – Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, USA Steven Brose – VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA Yue Cao – Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA Christopher P. Cardozo – Center of Excellence for the Medical Consequences of SCI, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA Rory A. Cooper – Human Engineering Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Charlesnika T. Evans – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA Adam Flanders – Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA Ashraf S. Gorgey – Hunter Holmes McGuire Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA James S. Harrop – Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Jeffery S. Johns – Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA Michael LaFountaine – Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA Scott D. McDonald – SCI Neuropsychologist, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, VA, USA Lisa Ottomanelli – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital and Clinics, Tampa, FL, USA Ian Rice – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA Michael S. A. Richardson – Hines VA Medical Center, Hines, IL, USA Sue Ann Sisto – University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA Matthew R. Sorenson – DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA Michael J. Vives – Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA Frances M. Weaver – Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD Lisa Beck – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Edward C. Benzel – Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA Carmine Coscia – Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA Anthony F. DiMarco – MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA Elizabeth Roy Felix – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, & Miami VA Healthcare System, FL, USA Jodie Haselkorn – University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Robert F. Heary – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA Nathan Hogaboom – Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, USA Gregory M. Holmes – Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA Yingli Jing – Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China Steven Kirshblum – Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ, USA Jeffery Kocsis – Yale University School of Medicine, Neuroscience Research Center, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA Indira S. Lanig – University of Colorado Denver, Johnstown, CO, USA Jianan Li – Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China Todd A. Linsenmeyer – Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ, USA Alberto Martinez-Arizala – University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL, USA Michelle A. Meade – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Kimberley Monden – University of Minnesota Medical School, MN, USA Kerri Morgan – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA Bernard Nemchausky – Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, USA Doug Ota – Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA Mohammed Abdul Muneer Peringady – JFK Neuroscience Institute, Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ, USA Inder Perkash – Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Laura Rice – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA Salah Rubayi – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Felicia Skelton – Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, TX, USA Bridget M. Smith – Edward J. Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA Angela R. Starkweather – Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
ASCIP LIASION Maggi Budd
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF EMERITI Catherine W. Britell Joel A. DeLisa Daniel Ruge N. D. Vaziri Robert R. Young
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine is included in the following services:
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health
Current Contents - Clinical Medicine
EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
Index Compernicus
MEDLINE
OTseeker
PubMed
PubMed Central
REHABDATA
Science Citation Index
Scopus
Open access
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine is published on behalf of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP). ASCIP is a not-for-profit incorporated association comprised of four professional sections: American Paraplegia Society (APS), Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses (ASCIN), Psychologists and Social Workers (PSW) and Therapy Leadership Council (TLC). Members of ASCIP receive free online access to the journal. Members of ASCIP receive a print copy and online access to the journal as part of their annual membership. Visit the ASCIP website to become a member and find out more.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
(1995 - current)
Formerly known as
The Journal of The American Paraplegia Society
(1978 - 1994)
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