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Fifty volumes of scholarship on eating disorders
Author(s) -
Weissman Ruth Striegel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.22653
Subject(s) - scholarship , citation , psychology , library science , psychoanalysis , theology , computer science , philosophy , law , political science
The first specialty journal in the then nascent field of eating disorders, the inaugural issue of the IJED was published in 1981. Until the early 1980s, studies of eating disorders rarely appeared in medical or psychological journals. The Founding Editor, Craig Johnson (1981–1983), recognized the importance of a specialty journal as a means both to disseminate scientific advances to the target audience (researchers and clinicians in the field) and to encourage scholarship by providing opportunities for authors to get their work published. Moreover, a scholarly journal would help put eating disorders on the map as a serious topic worthy of rigorous theoretical and empirical study. The ingredients of a successful scientific journal were “baked into” the journal from the start: a clear vision, a stellar Editorial Board, a strong partnership with a leading publishing house, John Wiley & Sons, and high-quality articles to disseminate the latest in theory, research, and clinical practice.