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Editorials

Why Read, Contribute to, and Promote Stroke?

From the Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, LHSC-University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.

Correspondence to Vladimir Hachinski, MD, DSc, Editor-in-Chief, Stroke Editorial Office, UWO Research Park, 100 Collip Circle, Ste 116, London, Ontario N6G4X8, Canada. E-mail stroke@lhsc.on.ca

Key Words: stroke • impact factor • publishing • readership

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We suffer from a surfeit of information, often sliced, spiced and spun. However, reliable information remains scarce and in increasing demand.

Stroke is the leading journal in the field that welcomes manuscripts about "the cerebral circulation and its diseases from many disciplines, including neurology, internal medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine, neuropathology, neurosurgery, epidemiology, vascular surgery, rehabilitation, anesthesiology, critical care medicine, vascular physiology, neuropsychology, speech pathology and neuro-ophthalmology."

The main criterion for publication is not subject matter, but relevance and scientific excellence.

We offer monthly CME credits on key articles. Reviews, Editorials and Letters to the Editor complement Original articles.

Our growing field fosters both consensus and dissension. A lively Controversies section debates different approaches to important questions, accompanied by a summarizing commentary that puts it in perspective.

Although we cannot publish all the Letters to the Editor that we receive, we publish as many as possible with an eye to diversity of viewpoints.

Knowledge is acquired in pieces but it is understood in patterns. Stroke strives to integrate and contextualize knowledge. Not only do we try to report current advances, we make an effort to identify promising developments. In addition to Reviews, Editorials and Commentaries, the annual Advances series highlights the most important developments, ranging from genetics to outcomes research. These articles are written jointly by a basic scientist and a clinician or by Section Editors of differing backgrounds and countries. This issue features the conclusions of the STAIR IV Conference, the latest in a series of influential gatherings among academics, . . . [Full Text of this Article]