Newswise — The editor-in-chief of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology and the leading clinical neurology journal worldwide, is ending his 10-year term. Robert C. Griggs, MD, FAAN, will complete his term as editor-in-chief December 31, 2006.
Since Neurology was first published in January 1951, it has been at the forefront of disseminating cutting-edge, peer-reviewed information to the neurology community and has enjoyed the guidance of only four editors-in-chief: Russell N. DeJong, MD, FAAN; Lewis P. Rowland, MD, FAAN; Robert B. Daroff, MD, FAAN; and Griggs. Beginning in 2007, John H. Noseworthy, MD, of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, will take over as the fifth editor-in-chief of Neurology.
Under Griggs' leadership, Neurology moved from a monthly publication in 1998 to becoming a weekly journal beginning in 2007. Much of this growth has been fueled by the sheer volume of submissions flowing into the editorial office.
When Griggs became editor-in-chief in 1997, the journal received 2,000 manuscript submissions per year. In 2006, the staff expects to receive as many as 4,500 manuscript submissions, with up to 70 percent of those coming from international researchers. And whereas Neurology published only in English in 1997, readers now enjoy Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and Turkish editions of Neurology.
Griggs also launched the online version of Neurology at http://www.neurology.org as well as Expedited e-publications, in which newsworthy Neurology articles are posted online, often months ahead of their print publication dates. "Dr. Griggs has been responsive to the rapidity of research advances and the need to get this information out to the neurological community in a timely manner," said Thomas R. Swift, MD, FAAN, President of the American Academy of Neurology. "We thank him for his invaluable commitment to both Neurology and the neurological community."
Griggs will continue in his position as Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. He currently holds four grants from the National Institutes of Health and will continue his research on finding new treatments for neurological channelopathies and for muscular dystrophy. Griggs will also continue as editor of medical texts, including Cecil Essentials of Medicine.
The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 19,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, Parkinson disease, and multiple sclerosis. For more information about the American Academy of Neurology, visit http://www.aan.com.
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