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Show Journal of'A] euro- Ophthalmology 21( 3): 163, 2001. © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Philadelphia Message From the Editor This issue marks the beginning of the third epoch of the Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology. The journal began quarterly publication 23 years ago, in 1978, under the editorship of J. Lawton Smith, MD, as the Journal of Clinical Neuro- Ophthalmology. In 1994, the journal became the official publication of the North American Neuro- Ophthalmology Society ( NANOS), shortened its name to the Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology ( JNO), and came under the editorship of Ronald M. Burde, MD. Through the years, JNO has become the most widely subscribed and cited publication in neuro-ophthalmology worldwide. Its editorial office has now moved from New York to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a new editorial board has been formed. In the coming years, we hope to maintain the quality of the journal, even enhance it. We will continue to venerate the case report. After all, a fascinating anecdote, supported by science and a good teaching point, is at the core of our specialty. We also hope to expand the publication of basic science research, clinical trials, and topical reviews that may have been prepared for meetings. Electronic mail will allow us to hasten the review cycle. Eventually, we may handle all correspondence by e- mail. For the present, we still ask authors to send print copies of manuscripts and figures. However, we now offer authors the option of sending only one print copy of each figure, together with electronic figure files that we will copy and send to reviewers ( we must still have at least one high- quality print of each figure to send to the publisher). We have simplified the instructions for authors, which appear, together with the copyright transfer form, on the JNO website ( www. jneuro- ophthalmology. com) and in the print journal. The March 2002 issue will sport a snazzy new cover. With the present issue, we have begun to subdivide the display of articles by category, as many other journals do. Look for these departments: Original Contributions: includes basic science experiments, prospective or retrospective clinical investigations, and case reports Photo Essays: observations based on interesting or unusual images Letters: observations of less rigor than in original contributions and comments on previously published JNO articles Reviews: essays that synthesize and analyze the significance of material on one or more topics, books, journal articles, meetings, or contributions in other media Viewpoints: articles that reflect the authors' interpretation of one or more issues Special Features: news of the activities of NANOS and its members, excerpts from NANOSNET, historical vignettes, interviews, and other unusual contributions Editorials: commentaries on matters usually published in that journal issue To prove that we have really entered the electronic communications era, the Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology is now available online to subscribers at www. jneuro-ophthalmology. com. The online journal will offer the full text and graphics of issues beginning with the March 2001 ( Vol. 21, No. 1) issue. New issues will be posted at the time of publication. Users will be able to browse issues, tables of contents, and author indexes; do full- text searches; and link from journal references to PubMed citations and abstracts. The table of contents and abstracts will be available to nonsubscribers, which should increase awareness of the journal. Remember that the Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology is the official archive of NANOS, a testament to its vitality. Send us your best work. We promise to review it more quickly and give you more space than the nonspecialty journals can offer. Jonathan D. Trobe, MD Editor- in- Chief 163 |
