CNS Spectrums has just completed its first year of publication since purchase by Cambridge University Press and since my appointment as the new editor-in-chief. 2012 was a very eventful year for the journal, converting from a predominantly print-based, U.S.-based, and advertising-based journal to a predominantly digital, international, and scholarly journal based on institutional and library subscriptions. Having completed 4 issues in 2012 and retaining our indexing with Thompson-Reuters, we are planning 6 issues in 2013, including some special thematic issues on topics such as impulsivity/compulsivity, attention bias in addiction, bipolar depression, violence, and others. We are also planning a 7th issue starting in 2013 that contains a collection of CME (Continuing Medical Education) articles, approved for credit and targeted at clinicians. We will continue to publish the abstracts of the annual Neuroscience Education Institute's Psychopharmacology Congress, as we have for 2011 and 2012.
Manuscript flow is now very good, and we are especially pleased with publishing increasing numbers of short, readable, illustrated reviews on topics of general interest to a broad readership.
We already have a strong North American, European, Latin American, and Japanese presence in terms of editorial board members and authors, and we are expanding aggressively throughout Asia as well. We have reorganized and expanded the editorial board to include three key field editors (Terry Ketter, Gerry Sanacora, and Carlos Zarate) and a deputy editor (Tom Schwartz). Without their help, the support of the entire editorial board, and the submissions of our authors, we could not have come this far. However, the real unsung heroes of any journal, particularly one in a relaunch and rebuilding mode such as ours, are the reviewers. In addition to members of the editorial board, we sought most of our reviews from a number of other scholars. We wish to acknowledge our heartfelt appreciation to all those who returned reviews during 2012. Their names are listed below.
I wish also to thank our content editor, Lisa Arrington, the virtual heartbeat of CNS Spectrums, for her tireless work keeping everything on track. Finally, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge with bittersweet expression the incredible work and support of Jamie Hutchins, Head of Journals – Americas for Cambridge University Press, who is now transitioning to other ventures, but without whose help the rebirth of CNS Spectrums would not have been possible. I am looking forward to the journal hitting its stride and moving ahead in 2013, and again, thanks to so many of you for making it possible in 2012.
Peer reviewers for 2012
Ralph Aquila
Joseph G. Battaglia
Letizia Bossini
Heather Durdle
Klaus Ebmeier
James M. Ferguson
Cheryl S. Hankin
Val J. Lowe
Gail H. Manos
Donatella Marazziti
Luana Marques
David Muzina
Stefano Pallanti
Valdo Ricca
Patcho Santiago
Takeshi Terao
David Veale
Shigeto Yamada
