A Change Is Gonna Come

Sherry Keramides, PhD, CAE, FASAE, is Executive Director, American Occupational Therapy Association, 4720 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814; skeramides@aota.org Staff at the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) were excited this year to receive the news that the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) now has a 2-yr impact factor (IF) of 2.493 and a 5-yr impact factor of 3.325, according to the 2018 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2018), placing it 3rd of the 69 rehabilitation journals ranked. The stellar leadership of Editor-in-Chief Lorie Gage Richards and her insistence that the journal adhere to the highest reporting standards and research are significant drivers of this continued growth inAJOT ’s impact factor. AJOT continues to be a popular venue for occupational therapy research, as indicated by a high number of submissions each year and the ability to fill our issues many months in advance. Two Associate Editors—Michael Pizzi and Karen Jacobs—completed terms this year; we appreciate their service to AJOT. They are replaced by Yael Goverover, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, New York University, and Alicia Sanchez Perez, Associate Dean of Occupational Therapy, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain. By ensuring that our Editorial Board is internationally diverse, we hope to expand AJOT ’s global presence. We also thank the 284 reviewers from the United States and around the world who continue to take the time to provide authors with helpful feedback on their submitted manuscripts. Accomplishments