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 Official Journal of the World Muscle Society
Editor-in-Chief:
V. Dubowitz
See editorial board for all editors information
Description
This international, multidisciplinary journal covers all aspects of neuromuscular disorders in childhood and adult life (including
the muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophies, hereditary neuropathies, congenital myopathies, myasthenias, myotonic syndromes,
metabolic myopathies and inflammatory myopathies).
The Editors welcome original articles from all areas of the field:
• Clinical
aspects, such as new clinical entities, case studies of interest, treatment, management and rehabilitation (including biomechanics,
orthotic design and surgery).
• Basic scientific studies of relevance to the clinical syndromes, including advances in
the fields of molecular biology and genetics.
• Studies of animal models relevant to the human diseases.
The journal
is aimed at a wide range of clinicians, pathologists, associated paramedical professionals and clinical and basic scientists with
an interest in the study of neuromuscular disorders.
In addition to original research papers, the journal also publishes reviews
and mini-reviews, preliminary short communications and book reviews, and has editorial, correspondence and news sections. Reports
on congresses and workshops, taking the form of a digested or very comprehensive commentary, pointing out some of the particular highlights
in relation to the contributors and giving some detail of the area covered, important contributions and a list of participants, are also
welcome.
The journal is published monthly and aims at rapid publication of high quality papers of scientific merit as well as general
interest to a wide readership. There is also a fast track for rapid publication of new material of outstanding scientific merit and importance.
Neuromuscular Disorders is the official journal of the World Muscle
Society an international, multidisciplinary, scientific society, dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge
in the field of neuromuscular disorders.
Electronic Usage
An increasing number of readers access the journal online via
ScienceDirect, one of the world's most advanced web delivery systems for scientific, technical and medical information.
Average monthly
article downloads for this journal: 12,127*
* Figure is an average based on full text articles downloaded monthly via
ScienceDirect between April 2007 and March 2008.
Bibliographic & ordering information
ISSN: 0960-8966
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commenced publication 1991
Subscriptions for the year 2008,
Volume 18,
12 issues
Institutional online access: ScienceDirect eSelect
For purchase of online access to this journal on ScienceDirect.
Institutional price: Order form
JPY 143,700 for Japan
USD 1,214 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran
EUR 1,088 for European countries and Iran
Conditions of sale & ordering procedures, and links to our regional sales offices.
For an overview of recently-dispatched issues, see the Journal issue
dispatch dates
Audience
Clinicians, pathologists, associated paramedical professionals and clinical and basic scientists with an interest in the study of neuromuscular disorders.
Impact factor of this journal
2006: 2.615
© Journal Citation Reports 2007, published by Thomson Reuters
096/931
Last update: 7 Jul 2008
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