Editorial JAOA • Vol 101 • No 1 • January 2001 • 9
State of the JAOA as it commemorates
its 100th year
With this issue, JAOA begins commemorating its 100th
year of continuous publication by offering reprints of arti-cles
published during the JOURNAL’s last half century. For the
selection of these historic articles, we are indebted to the dili-gent
efforts of Associate Editor Michael M. Patterson, PhD, and
Albert F. Kelso, PhD. They spent many hours poring over the
contents of aging and crumbling bound editions of JAOA.
The articles they selected center around themes, each one of
which is introduced with a perspective on relevance to the
osteopathic medical profession today.
Fast forward 100 years! We can appreciate the evolution of
the profession through its peer-reviewed scientific and clinical
literature. A few years ago, the JAOA faced a dearth of arti-cles,
let alone scientific research, to publish. Kudos to the Asso-ciate
Editors and members of JAOA’s Advisory and Editori-al
boards who answered my exhortation to “get out there
and beat the bushes” to attract submission of strong academ-ic
and valid research articles such as the “Original contribu-tions”—
many validating the efficacy of osteopathic manipu-lative
treatment—appearing throughout the past year, in this
issue, and in issues to come. The bushes were beaten well, so
well that JAOA is in the dubiously enviable position of having
a large bank of accepted submissions to publish. Now, the
problem is not one of having good material to publish but of
scheduling articles on a more timely basis—the interval between
acceptance and publication can be lengthy. I would ask that this
state not be viewed to diminish the importance of any of the
articles accepted to date nor deter members of the osteopath-ic
medical profession from continuing to contribute valid
research and relevant clinical articles to THE JOURNAL to secure
its future as it embarks on its 100th year of publication. Let us
publish that we may not perish!
Gilbert E. D’Alonzo, DO
Editor in Chief
Addendum
With sincere gratitude, I would like to express my appreciation to the
AOA publication staff for their tireless efforts. The volume is great,
but their drive and enthusiasm prevail.—G.E.D.
“New & noteworthy” column
premieres
In this first issue of JAOA in the mathematician’s new mil-lennium,
we inaugurate a new column titled “New & note-worthy.”
This column is intended to provide our readership with
new and pertinent information concerning research, academ-ic
developments, and scholastic achievements within the osteo-pathic
medical profession. While JAOA remains the scholar-ly
publication of our profession, there is a lot going on in our
profession that is not the subject of a prospective, randomized
research trial that is subject to peer review before publication.
In this new column, we will present information that should
be of significant interest to a broad segment of our osteopathic
profession concerning developments in our colleges of osteo-pathic
medicine, our hospitals, and the component societies and
organizations of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
This column will feature presentations by the American
Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, the Ameri-can
Academy of Osteopathy/Educational Council on Osteo-pathic
Principles, the AOA Bureau of Research, and Interna-tional
Osteopathic Medicine.
Osteopathic medicine is growing so quickly, and its growth
is so diverse that this column has been established as a focal
point for updates on important developments in our profession
and as a resource for communication and professional contacts.
If all goes according to plan, this column will review the bur-geoning
interest in research in the osteopathic medical profes-sion,
the dramatic increases in scholarly activity, and the
widespread dissemination of osteopathic principles and prac-tice
on a global basis. At the JAOA office, we are optimistic that
you will turn to this page first when you open each issue of our
journal.
Felix J. Rogers, DO
Associate Editor
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