The American Journal of Hematology, 2011 and beyondCarlo Brugnara1* and Ayalew Tefferi2

2011 is the fifth year for the new editorial team of AJH,an appropriate point in time to highlight new features andinitiatives and assess our progress over the last 4 years.A major focus of our activities continues to be the publica-

tion of educational material and clinically relevant contribu-tions, which benefit both trainees and practicing hematolo-gist/oncologists. We have published several cases for ourfeature Solving Clinical Problems in Blood Diseases, aswell as several discussions of specific hematology tests inour Test of the Month feature, this last one coordinated byour Associate Editor Dr. Elizabeth van Cott. In 2010, welaunched two new features, which are intended to provideadditional educational material for our readership. As a com-panion to the Morphology Update articles of Prof. BarbaraBain, we have introduced Bone Marrow Update, which theintent of providing both bone marrow aspirate and biopsyimages/correlations on relevant cases. Prof. Kikkeri Naresh(Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK)is heading this initiative. We have also begun publishing in2010 Diagnostic Imaging in Hematology: this feature high-lights images of techniques (X-rays, CT scans, MRI, NuclearMedicine scans and ultrasound), which provide relevantdiagnostic and clinical information for patients affected byhematological disorders. All the articles mentioned abovecan now be easily located in the redesigned AJH web pagein our special features area (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291096-8652).In 2010, we initiated the publication of Training Pro-

grams in Blood Diseases, a two-page description of aspecific training program in Hematology/Oncology. Theobjective of this feature is to highlight specific features andaccomplishments of a training program in Hematology/On-cology from a trainee’s perspective. We hope that this fea-ture will help both programs and trainees in their selectionof the perfect match.We published in the 2010 March/April issues of AJH a set

of ten ASH reports. These brief reports provide a commen-tary on the most significant contributions presented at theASH meeting in a specific area. They are intended to providea rapid summary on the latest development in a specific field,based on the material presented at the ASH meeting. Wehave also published abstracts from the 2009 BioIron meet-ing, the 2009 and 2010 Sickle Cell Disease Research andEducational Symposium, the 2009 8th International LuebeckConference and the 2010 European Iron Club meeting.Starting January 2011, Vincent Rajkumar and Ayalew

Tefferi are launching a new feature in AJH called: ‘‘An-nual Clinical Updates in Hematological Malignancies: AContinuing Medical Education Series’’. We plan to publishat least one article per month, which will provide a yearlyupdate on a specific topic of Malignant Hematology. Eacharticle is intended to be the most authoritative documentin the diagnosis, risk stratification and management of aspecific disease, with an updated version of each articleto be published yearly. Each article is accompanied bya set of questions, which will allow readers to obtainContinuing Medical Education (CME) credits via Wiley-Blackwell.

We continue to handle an increasing number of submis-sions, and have maintained our rapid review times and anacceptance rate below 25% for regular research articles.We continue to use our rapid rejection modality within 3-4days from submission, based on internal pre-review. Weare happy to see a continuing upward trend in our impactfactor: The impact factor for AJH climbed from 1.882 in2006 to 1,949 in 2007, 2.126 in 2008 and 2.61 in 2009,with a corresponding improvement in rankings among he-matology journals. In 2009 AJH ranked 28/61 hematologyjournals. Our preliminary estimates of the AJH 2010 impactfactor suggest that it will improve on the 2009 values andapproach the 3.0 level. We have also seen a continuousincrease in the number of full-text downloads, with the Au-gust 2010 number of full-text up 52% over 2009, and Sep-tember 2010 up 114% over the prior year.Starting in 2008, Wiley-Blackwell has been sponsoring

the AJH Young Investigator’s Award (AJH-YIA). Thecompetition is open to clinical and basic scientists at theundergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, resident, and fellowlevels working in academia, industry, or research institu-tions. Applicants may not have more than the equivalent offive years full-time postdoctoral or post-residency researchexperience, as documented by a curriculum vitae and letterof confirmation from a supervisor, mentor, or departmenthead. Prior winners were Dr. Alan Bryce in 2008, and Dr.Liang Zhang in 2009 . We are happy to congratulate Dr.Vijay Ramakrishnan as the winner of the 2010 AJH-YIAWe wish to thank you our reviewers for 2009-2010, who

have made the success of AJH possible with their careful,critical reviews of submitted manuscripts.The attached on line document provides a listing of their

names.We continue to have an experienced and dedicated team

of professionals taking care of AJH at Wiley-Blackwell: weappreciate the hard work of our Editorial Manager and As-sociate Publisher Anna Wesley, of our Senior ManagingEditor, Karen Accavallo, our Production Manager SharonMatheus, and our Journal Manager and Production editorat Cadmus Communications, Carol Hagan.We are looking forward to continuing our team work and

further improving the standing of AJH among hematologyjournals.

Additional Supporting Information may be found in the online version of thisarticle.1Children’s Hospital Boston & Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave-nue, Boston MA 02115; 2Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine,Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester MN 55905

*Correspondence to: Dr. Carlo Brugnara, 300 Longwood Avenue, BA 760,Boston, Massachusetts, United States 02115.E-mail: Carlo.Brugnara@childrens.harvard.edu

Received for publication 11 November 2010; Accepted 11 November 2010

Am. J. Hematol. 86:1, 2011.

Published online 6 December 2010 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com).DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21951

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