Stroke Journal

Stroke is a monthly peer-reviewed journal that just celebrated its 42nd publication year. Its target audience is broad, including general practitioners, general and vascular neurologists, basic scientists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, internists, interventional radiologist, neurosurgeons, physiatrists, and stroke rehabilitation experts. Stroke publishes 12 monthly editions per year comprising ≈3500 pages per year, and it is indexed in Biosciences Information Service, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Chemical Abstracts, Cumulative Index Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Current Contents, Excerpta Medica database, and MEDLINE. It publishes ≈30 original research articles, 8 brief reports, and 5 other types of articles in each issue, ≈100% of its content related to the field of cerebrovascular diseases. Other neurology journals only publish ≤15% of their content related to cerebrovascular disease.1,2Peer-reviewed publications are an important component of academic activity, as it constitutes a form of feedback to authors by qualified colleagues with expertise in a specific field and provides readers with up-to-date information. Peer-reviewed publications are also used to maintain standards of quality, evaluate academic performance, and are an essential part of the dissemination of research, describing innovative interventions and discoveries in clinical and basic science.3Stroke is considered the most important peer-reviewed journal in the area of cerebrovascular disorders, ranking number 7 among 66 journals in the Peripheral Vascular Disease category and number 13 among 185 journals in the Clinical Neurology category (2010 Journal Citation Reports Thomson Reuters, 2011).Limited information is available on what is being published in Stroke . A better understanding of common topics and factors influencing the acceptance rate would not only be informative for Stroke readers, but also be helpful for authors when submitting a new article and for editors when making decisions. Our aims were (1) to provide a comprehensive review of most common topics published in …