As of 2015 the Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) will publish only papers written in English. This decision by the Journal’s board of directors is aimed at strengthening the position of the Annals of PRM among rehabilitation journals. It is a step towards increased internationalization, which implies that manuscripts will have to be submitted in English. As of now, the entire editorial process is carried out in English.
Founded in 1974 as the official journal of the French Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SOFMER, Société Française de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation ), and formerly called Annales de Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique , our Journal was published exclusively in French until 2005, conveying professional, educational and scientific information to French-speaking physiatrists. The Annals of PRM is a general journal of rehabilitation for which we believe there exists a place. The journal has been rapidly evolving since 2000, spurred on by its two most recent editors in chief, Michel Revel (1998–2007) and André Thévenon (2008–2013), as well as the five most recent SOFMER presidents (Michel Barat, Michel Perrigot, Jacques Pélissier, Alain Yelnik and Gilles Rode).
In 2001, its first major success was the indexation in the Medline database thanks to a change in the editorial policy, which had grown more rigorous with regard to the scientific quality of the papers published. What with the free access to English-language abstracts now available to readers throughout the world, an expanded audience marked the start of the international visibility of our Journal, and increased the number of its citations ( Fig. 1 ). By now, most prestigious medical and scientific journals have cited papers published in the Annals of PRM ( Table 1 ), and the median impact factor of these journals being high (1.9), we are reasonably optimistic for the future.
| Journal | IF 2012 | Journal | IF 2012 | Journal | IF 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancet | 39 | Sports Medicine | 5.2 | Best Practice and Research | 3.6 |
| JAMA | 30 | British Journal of Pharmacology | 5.1 | Journal of Neurology | 3.6 |
| Lancet Neurology | 23.9 | Pediatrics | 5.1 | Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology | 3.6 |
| Pharmacological Reviews | 22.3 | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 4.9 | American Journal | 3.5 |
| Nature Reviews Neurology | 15.5 | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 4.8 | European Radiology | 3.5 |
| Pain Physician | 10.7 | Experimental Neurology | 4.6 | Journal of Applied Physiology | 3.5 |
| Nature Reviews Cardiology | 10.1 | Movement Disorders | 4.6 | Journal of Clinical | 3.5 |
| Brain | 9.9 | Brain Stimulation | 4.5 | Journal of Sexual Medicine | 3.5 |
| Neuroscience and Biobehavioral | 9.4 | Multiple Sclerosis | 4.5 | Neuromuscular Disorders: NMD | 3.5 |
| Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 9.1 | Stem Cell Reviews and Reports | 4.5 | Neuropsychologia | 3.5 |
| Neurology | 8.5 | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 4.4 | Plastic and reconstructive | 3.5 |
| Brain Research Reviews | 7.8 | Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation | 4.4 | Psycho-oncology | 3.5 |
| Diabetes Care | 7.7 | Journal of neurotrauma | 4.3 | Regional Anesthesia and Pain | 3.5 |
| Arthritis and rheumatism | 7.5 | Journals of Gerontology. Series A | 4.3 | Sleep Medicine | 3.5 |
| Exercise Immunology Review | 7.1 | Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair | 4.3 | Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry | 3.4 |
| Journal of Neuroscience | 6.9 | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases | 4.3 | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 3.3 |
| BMC medicine | 6.7 | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 4.3 | Behavioural Brain Research | 3.3 |
| British Journal of Psychiatry | 6.6 | European Journal of Neurology | 4.2 | Current Opinion in Organ | 3.3 |
| Journal of internal medicine | 6.5 | Medicine | 4.2 | IEEE Transactions on Neural | 3.3 |
| European Respiratory Journal | 6.4 | Rheumatology | 4.2 | Journal of General Internal Medicine | 3.3 |
| Cortex | 6.2 | Current Medicinal Chemistry | 4.1 | Journal of Neural Engineering | 3.3 |
| Neurobiology of aging | 6.2 | Journal of Infection | 4.1 | Journal of Neurophysiology | 3.3 |
| Stroke | 6.2 | Health Technology Assessment | 4 | Journal of Psychosomatic | 3.3 |
| Ageing Research Reviews | 5.9 | Journal of the American Geriatrics | 4 | Parkinsonism and Related Disorders | 3.3 |
| Cardiovascular Research | 5.9 | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 3.9 | Current Pharmaceutical | 3.3 |
| Neurotherapeutics | 5.9 | Mediators of Inflammation | 3.9 | American Journal | 3.2 |
| Epidemiology | 5.7 | Bone | 3.8 | Best Practice and Research | 3.2 |
| Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | 5.6 | Current Neurology and Neuroscience | 3.8 | Diabetic Medicine | 3.2 |
| Pain | 5.6 | Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health | 3.8 | Haemophilia | 3.2 |
| Current Opinion in Neurology | 5.4 | Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism | 3.8 | Journal of Bone and Joint | 3.2 |
| Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 5.3 | Arthritis Care Research | 3.7 | Scandinavian Journal | 3.2 |
| Journal of the American Medical | 5.3 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 3.7 | Spine Journal | 3.2 |
| Anesthesiology | 5.2 | Journal of Urology | 3.7 | Clinical Neurophysiology | 3.1 |
| International Journal of Obesity | 5.2 | PloS One | 3.7 | Clinics in Geriatric Medicine | 3.1 |
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