Kennedy Ann Blair
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC, USA.
Int J Ther Massage Bodywork. 2018 Aug 5;11(3):1-3. eCollection 2018 Aug.
From an informal conversation to a peer reviewed, open-access, indexed journal, we are now celebrating the 10th anniversary of the . We celebrate the uniqueness of the as the only fully open-access journal that addresses massage therapy and bodywork. Scholarly open-access journals have changed the face of scientific publishing in recent years: providing wider dissemination, allowing findings from taxpayer supported research to be available for free, and providing an avenue for researchers in the developing world to connect with researchers in developed countries. The editors of the are regularly looking and soliciting articles from massage therapy researchers. This editorial describes the progress of the last ten years- from an article and readership standpoint-including changes in partnerships and increased visibility through social media.
从一次非正式谈话发展成为一本经过同行评审、开放获取且被索引的期刊,我们现在正在庆祝[期刊名称]的十周年纪念日。我们庆祝[期刊名称]的独特性,它是唯一一本专注于按摩疗法和身体护理的完全开放获取期刊。近年来,学术性开放获取期刊改变了科学出版的面貌:实现了更广泛的传播,使纳税人资助的研究成果能够免费获取,并为发展中国家的研究人员提供了与发达国家的研究人员建立联系的途径。[期刊名称]的编辑们一直在定期寻找并征集按摩疗法研究人员的文章。这篇社论从文章和读者的角度描述了过去十年的进展,包括合作关系的变化以及通过社交媒体提高的知名度。