Stroke : A Decade of Evolution

In my inaugural editorial, I said that “The next few years will prove momentous for stroke, as the problem, our knowledge and the challenges grow. As readers, authors and contributors to Stroke , we cannot only anticipate the future but help shape it.”1“Stroke attracts an increasingly larger number of manuscripts, heading toward 1500 a year.”12000: 14762001: 16842002: 17592003: 18662004: 20392005: 22382006: 23612007: 27512008: 29032009: 27472010: 19% increase in the fist two months over 2009We are now heading toward 3000 manuscripts a year.“Impact factors are only meaningful by comparison with journals in the same field, since the likelihood of being cited varies directly with the number of authors in the relevant disciplines.”1In 2002 Stroke ’s impact factor was 5.176 and by 2009 we had risen to 6.499, more than twice that of the nearest competitor.“We plan to make the content of Stroke available to a large and broader readership.”12002: The introduction of Stroke in Spanish.2004: Stroke in Russian.2005: Stroke in Italian.2006: Stroke in Japanese and Stroke in Chinese.2007: Stroke in Portuguese (Brazil) and Stroke in India.2008: Stroke in Korean.2009: Stroke in Turkish.“ Stroke has earned an enviable reputation for reliability, objectivity and equanimity. Stroke has become a major field and Stroke its leading publication. We propose to build on what has been achieved.”1 2002The Controversies in Stroke and Emerging Therapies sections were introduced, which put into perspective the results of major clinical trials published elsewhere. We aim to be the journal to which all interested parties turn if they wish to have a well informed, balanced perspective on a new therapy.As of 2010, both of these sections continue to be our …