IOS Press is pleased to announce the 20th anniversary of the peer-reviewed journal Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience (RNN). Since founded in 1989 by pioneering neuroscientist Donald G. Stein, RNN has focused on the emerging field of brain plasticity, repair and rehabilitation and has published not only numerous original scientific publications, but also review papers in basic research (animal experiments, in vitro studies) and in the clinical sciences. This rich, interdisciplinary information source supports researchers and clinicians to benefit patients who have sustained injury to the peripheral or central nervous system.
Numerous factors contribute to RNN's continuing success. These include advancement of the field of restoration and plasticity, which is an emerging field worldwide with an increasing number of scientists and publications and their citation rate; publication of special issues on vital topics, summarizing the work of leading experts in the field; a highly qualified and active editorial board; and active manuscript recruitment and quality of submitted papers.
Founding Editor, Donald G. Stein comments on this landmark occasion, "So, here we are today…a far better RNN than when we started in 1989 and a solid venue for interdisciplinary and translational research that has made its mark in the field of brain damage and recovery. The journal has an outstanding, international board that contributes their own best work. RNN itself publishes papers from around the world --and despite the plethora of journals to compete with, RNN does a better job of filling its particular niche to present a consistent forum for research on CNS plasticity and repair."
Guided by an outstanding international editorial board led by Editor-in-Chief Bernhard A. Sabel, PhD, Institute of Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, University of Magdeburg, Germany, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience publishes papers relating the plasticity and response of the nervous system to accidental or experimental injuries and their interventions, transplantation, neurodegenerative disorders and experimental strategies to improve regeneration or functional recovery and rehabilitation. Experimental and clinical research papers adopting fresh conceptual approaches are encouraged. The overriding criteria for publication are novelty, significant experimental or clinical relevance and interest to a multidisciplinary audience. The journal participates in the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium.
Professor Sabel observes that "It is the brain´s remarkable ability to adapt to change that provides the basis for its repair potential, an issue addressed by basic research and clinical studies. On behalf of the entire editorial board, I am proud to say that RNN has become a visible and leading source of original scientific information in the space of brain plasticity, rehabilitation and repair."
The journal thus contributes to a scientific revolution: namely that the brain has much more flexibility to react to injury and recover its function. This provides the basis for developing new therapies for neurological diseases such as aging, stroke and brain or spinal cord injury.
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