International Wound Journal ISSN 1742-4801
EDITORIAL
Ten good reasons – to support the International Wound Journal membrane wound graft in the management of diabetic foot ulcers”; “Maggot debridement therapy with Lucilia cuprina”; “Implementation of pressure ulcer prevention best practice recommendations in acute care: an observational study”; “Use of negative pressure wound therapy over clean, closed surgical incisions”; “Wound assessment tools and nurses’ needs: an evaluation study”, showing the broad scope and appeal of the IWJ. 8. Controlled circulation of 4000 users with additional unlimited online access packages. 9. A continued commitment to high quality clinically relevant papers with a significant increase in submissions year on year, with a 38% increase over previous year. Contributions come from 130 countries around the world. 10. June of 2013, brought an increase in our Impact Factor for the IWJ to 1.6. This ranks us amongst the top medical journals globally and is a remarkable achievement in an area that is still developing.
The purpose of this editorial is to provide an update of the continued progress the International Wound Journal (IWJ) makes within the wound care environment. To facilitate this we are taking a slightly different approach by providing ten good reasons to substantiate this claim why you as a stakeholder of the IWJ should continue or strengthen your support of the journal. 1. In 2013, the IWJ was available to over 4100 institutions via the library consortia route. 2. The IWJ is available (free of charge or at very low cost) in over 4000 libraries in developing world countries through the Research4Life initiatives (HINARI) as well as the PERii program from the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP). 3. We also provide access to embargoed content of the IWJ (content that is at least 1 year old) to over 20 000 libraries via EBSCO host databases. These databases complement our subscription and licenced sales programme by making IWJ content available to small and/or specialist libraries that do not have the research need or the funds to invest in a full subscription. 4. Not all of the libraries will have a specialised interest in all journals included in the database. Almost 2500 institutions downloaded articles published in IWJ via these databases in 2013. These data clearly demonstrate the international nature and reach of the IWJ. 5. In 2013, there were almost 150,000 full-text downloads from the IWJ and 12% increase on the previous year. 6. There were 20,000 PubMed linkouts for the journal during 2013. 7. The top five accessed articles in 2013 were: “A prospective randomised comparative parallel study of amniotic
All in all, in our ten years of existence, the IWJ has achieved the international profile and status we desired and is now recognised as the premier international, high-quality, peer-reviewed resource in wound care. As the Editorial Team we would like to thank all contributors to this success to date and to also encourage bigger and better things by asking for your continued and increased participation in growing this valuable resource.
© 2014 The Authors International Wound Journal © 2014 Medicalhelplines.com Inc and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Keith Harding & Douglas Queen Editors, International Wound Journal
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EDITORIAL
Ten good reasons – to support the International Wound Journal membrane wound graft in the management of diabetic foot ulcers”; “Maggot debridement therapy with Lucilia cuprina”; “Implementation of pressure ulcer prevention best practice recommendations in acute care: an observational study”; “Use of negative pressure wound therapy over clean, closed surgical incisions”; “Wound assessment tools and nurses’ needs: an evaluation study”, showing the broad scope and appeal of the IWJ. 8. Controlled circulation of 4000 users with additional unlimited online access packages. 9. A continued commitment to high quality clinically relevant papers with a significant increase in submissions year on year, with a 38% increase over previous year. Contributions come from 130 countries around the world. 10. June of 2013, brought an increase in our Impact Factor for the IWJ to 1.6. This ranks us amongst the top medical journals globally and is a remarkable achievement in an area that is still developing.
The purpose of this editorial is to provide an update of the continued progress the International Wound Journal (IWJ) makes within the wound care environment. To facilitate this we are taking a slightly different approach by providing ten good reasons to substantiate this claim why you as a stakeholder of the IWJ should continue or strengthen your support of the journal. 1. In 2013, the IWJ was available to over 4100 institutions via the library consortia route. 2. The IWJ is available (free of charge or at very low cost) in over 4000 libraries in developing world countries through the Research4Life initiatives (HINARI) as well as the PERii program from the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP). 3. We also provide access to embargoed content of the IWJ (content that is at least 1 year old) to over 20 000 libraries via EBSCO host databases. These databases complement our subscription and licenced sales programme by making IWJ content available to small and/or specialist libraries that do not have the research need or the funds to invest in a full subscription. 4. Not all of the libraries will have a specialised interest in all journals included in the database. Almost 2500 institutions downloaded articles published in IWJ via these databases in 2013. These data clearly demonstrate the international nature and reach of the IWJ. 5. In 2013, there were almost 150,000 full-text downloads from the IWJ and 12% increase on the previous year. 6. There were 20,000 PubMed linkouts for the journal during 2013. 7. The top five accessed articles in 2013 were: “A prospective randomised comparative parallel study of amniotic
All in all, in our ten years of existence, the IWJ has achieved the international profile and status we desired and is now recognised as the premier international, high-quality, peer-reviewed resource in wound care. As the Editorial Team we would like to thank all contributors to this success to date and to also encourage bigger and better things by asking for your continued and increased participation in growing this valuable resource.
© 2014 The Authors International Wound Journal © 2014 Medicalhelplines.com Inc and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Keith Harding & Douglas Queen Editors, International Wound Journal
233
