About NRJ - The Neuroradiology Journal
Presentation - NRJ – The Neuroradiology Journal is the international development of the journal founded in 1988 as Rivista di Neuroradiologia originally designed as a publication dedicated to Italian Neuroradiology. The intervening years have seen a growing impulse to reach beyond national boundaries and join forces with the world at large. In 1990 Rivista was appointed as official journal of the Italian Society of Neuroradiology, ten years later by the Turkish Society of Neuroradiology too. In 2006 Rivista changed name and formula and, as NRJ - The Neuroradiology Journal, became the official journal of many neuroradiological societies: AINR – Associazione Italiana di Neuroradiologia, The Neuroradiologists of Alpe–Adria, ANRS – Albanian Neuroradiological Society, PANRS – Pan Arab NeuroRadiology Society, Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia, Division of Neuroradiology, Egyptian Society of Neuroradiology, ISNR – Indian Society of Neuroradiology, Indonesian Society of Neuroradiology, Neuroradiology Section of the Radiology Society of Iran, Israeli Society of Neuroradiology, Japanese Scientific Committee, Malaysia College of Radiology Neuro Interested Group, Neuroradiology Section – Pakistan Psychiatry Research Center, Section of Neuroradiology – Polish Radiological Society, Romanian Section of Neuroradiology, Section of Neuroradiology of Serbia and Montenegro, SILAN – Sociedad Ibero Latino Americana de Neurorradiologia, Neuroradiology Section of Singapore Radiological Society, Slovenian Society of Neuroradiology, The Neuroradiological Society of Taiwan, TSNR – Turkish Society of Neuroradiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Committee
This new formula poses a major challenge: to highlight different cultures and traditions and offer the widest possible international circulation. Over and above the obvious cultural, religious, political and geographic differences, we are all doctors united by our daily work, sharing the same problems, dreams, difficulties and hopes. Although geographically distant, we are nonetheless close and need each other as friends and colleagues to exchange experiences and contribute to the growth of Neuroradiology in the interests of our patients. This is the spirit in which I proposed the change in journal title and formula was proposed.
I would now like to emphasize some important technical points:
- The Impact Factor: must be calculated starting from scratch. This is not a problem because the impact factor is based largely on commercial information to give advertisers a rating to gauge the potential readership of their announcements. The use of the impact factor to quantify the scientific value of a journal or an article is a distortion because it does not take into account the paper’s quality. By counting only the number of citations, a questionable article may end up having a high impact factor simply because it is often cited in criticism. Nor can a journal’s impact factor be extended to all its articles as these may vary in quality in even the most prestigious scientific journals. However, the impact factor is widely used because it is, within the limits described, an objective measure. Authors can influence a journal’s impact factor by citing its papers in articles published elsewhere.
- Indexing: NRJ - The Neuroradiology Journal is indexed since 1988 in Scopus of EMBASE, the European database run by Elsevier, Amsterdam, and in Google Scholar.
- All articles published in the NRJ - The Neuroradiology Journal will be available on the journal's website and can be downloaded by subscribers.
- Authors are encouraged to submit their papers to the NRJ via the website: http://nrj.edmgr.com. Moreover manuscripts can be sent by e-mail or post if electronic submission is not possible.
We are grateful to all the Societies which have joined us, all those who will read and subscribe to The Neuroradiology Journal, and especially to all those who will submit their papers.
Marco Leonardi
Founder of NRJ
NRJ - The Neuroradiology Journal, Founded by
Marco Leonardi, with the support of Aldo Benati, Luigi Bozzao, Gianni Boris Bradać, Alberto Calabrò, Aristide Carella, Gian Carlo Dal Pozzo, Giovanni di Chiro, Raffaele Elefante, Ugo Pasquini, Kurt Kardatscher, Angelo Passerini, Marco Rosa, Ugo Salvolini, Giuseppe Scialfa, Giuseppe Scotti, Auguste Wackenheim
Editorial Committee
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Jaroslaw Krejza
Vice Chairman and Chief of Clinical Research
Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: 410-328-3477
Fax 410-328-0641
Mobile: 610-457-5234 (direct)
E-mail: jkrejza@me.com
Editor-in-Chief’s Advisory Board
Vice-Editor-in-Chief, Europe
Prof. Marco Leonardi
Chair of Neuroradiology, University of Bologna
Servizio di Neuroradiologia
Ospedale Bellaria
via Altura, 3 - 40139 BOLOGNA
Tel. ..39/051/6225520
Mobile ..39/348/8714153
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E-mail: marco.leonardi@centauro.it
Vice-Editor-in-Chief, Asia
Kei Yamada, M.D.
Neuroradiology Department of Radiology Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku Kyoto, Japan 602-8566
E-mail: kyamada@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Scientific Committee
Umair Rashid Chaudry, Sossio Cirillo, Kavous Firouznia, Dorith Goldsher, Wan-Yuo Guo, Rashad Hamdi, Francis Hui, Benny Huwae, Eric Günter Klein, Sattam S. Lingawi, Ljubomir Markovic, Zoran Milosevic, Yuko Ono, Julian Opincariu, R.V. Phadke, Norlisah Mohd Ramli, Marek Sasiadek, E. Turgut Tali, Jean Tamraz, Eduardo Gonzalez Toledo, Gjergji Vreto
Scientific Committee, International Reviewers
AINR - Associazione Italiana di Neuroradiologia
Sossio Cirillo, Chairman
Cosma F. Andreula, Luigi M. Fantozzi, Mario Savoiardo, Giuseppe Scotti
The Neuroradiologists of Alpe-Adria
Eric Günter Klein, Chairman
Alberto Beltramello, Zoran Milosevic, Alain Tournade
ANRS - Albanian Neuroradiological Society
Gjergji Vreto, Chairman
Arben Rroji, Vangjush Anastasi, Arben Dhima
PANRS – Pan Arab NeuroRadiology Society
Jean Tamraz, Chairman
Mohamed Hiari, Najat Boukhrissi, Sami Slaba, Eman Bakhsh
Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia, Division of Neuroradiology
Sattam S. Lingawi, Chairman
Ibrahim A. Al-Oraini, Riyad Al-Okaily
Egyptian Society of Neuroradiology
Rashad Hamdi, Chairman
Yasser Andel Azeem, Hany Lotfy, Sahar Saleem
ISNR - Indian Society of Neuroradiology
RajendraV. Phadke, Chairman
A.K. Gupta, N. Khandelwal, S.B. Gaikwad, S. Joseph, H. Mahajan, N. Chidambaranathan
Indonesian Society of Neuroradiology
Benny Huwae, Chairman
Rustiadji, Sri Andreani Utomo, Anggraini Dwi Sensuati
Neuroradiology Section of the Radiology Society of Iran
Kavous Firouznia, Chairman
Kh Bakhtavar, M. Saburi Deilami, H. Ghanaati, H. Hadizadeh, H. Hashemi, A. Radmehr, A. Sedaghat, J. Jalal Shokouhi, B. Taheri, K. Vessal, Z. Miabi
Israeli Society of Neuroradiology
Dorith Goldsher, Chairman
Moshe J. Gomori
Japanese Scientific Committee
Yuko Ono, Chairman
Masahiro Ida, Kei Yamada, Yoshihiro Toyam
College of Radiology Malaysia
Norlisah Mohd Ramli, Chairman
Jeyaledchumy Mahadevan, Sobri Muda, Adam Pany, Kartini Rahmat, Khairul Azmi, Shahizon Mukari, Sharifah Aishah
Neuroradiology Section Pakistan Psychiatry Research Center
Umair Rashid Chaudry, Chairman
Khuram Shafiq Khan, Najum ud Din, M.A. Raheem
Section of Neuroradiology Polish Radiological Society
Marek Sasiadek, Chairman
Monika Figatowska-Bekiesińska, Marek Stajgis, Andrzej Urbanik
Romanian Scientific Commitee
Julian Opincariu, Chairman
Section of Neuroradiology of Serbia and Montenegro
Ljubomir Markovic, Chairman
Svetlana Milosevic Medenica, Slobodan Cirkovic, Tatjana Stosic-Opincal, Milanka Raicevic, Dragan Stojanov
SILAN - Sociedad Ibero Latino Americana de Neurorradiologia
Eduardo González Toledo , Chairman
Alex Berenstein, Ramón Gutiérrez Alvarado, Teresa Sola Martinez
Neuroradiology Section of Singapore Radiological Society
Francis Hui , Chairman
Tchoyoson Lim, Yih-Yian Sitoh, Winston Lim
Slovenian Society of Neuroradiology
Zoran Milosevic, Chairman
Miha Skrbec, Jernej Knific, Igor Kocijancic, Nuska Pecaric Meglic, Ales Koren, Katarina Surlan, Tomaz Seruga
The Neuroradiological Society of Taiwan
Michael Mu Huo Teng, Chairman
Shu-Hang Ng, Yuan-Yu Hsu, Clayton Chi-Chang Chen, Chi-Jen Chen, Ping-Hong Lai, Chung-Jung Lin, Sandy Cheng-Yu Chen
TSNR – Turkish Society of Neuroradiology
E. Turgut Tali, Chairman
Saruhan Cekirge, Canan Erzen, Civan Islak, Naci Kocer, Ozenc Minarecy, Isil Saatci
Interventional Neuroradiology Committee
Yuo Iizuka, Chairman
Augusto Goulão, Alfredo Casasco, Hiro Kiyosue, Michael Söderman
Publishing Staff
Publisher
Ing. Nicola Leonardi
Direttore responsabile
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Language Editor
Anne Collins, B.A.
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NRJ – The Neuroradiology Journal: ISSN 1971-4009
Reg. Trib. di Bologna n. 7413 del 20-02-2004