New Award Announced: The Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy (JGPT) is extremely pleased to join APTA Geriatrics in the announcement of a new, annual "JGPT Best Article" Award! From a list of all the articles published in the prior year, the Editorial Team selects a short list of candidate articles for the award. Members of the Editorial Board and Editorial Team then vote to select the best article. This award is an additional way to recognize deserving authors who submit high quality manuscripts to the JGPT. Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 JGPT Best Article Award, Gunay Ardali, PT, PhD, Rebecca States, PhD, Lori Brody, PT, PhD and Ellen Godwin, PT, PhD! Their study, "Characteristics of Older Adults who are Unable to Perform a Floor Transfer: Considerations for Clinical Decision-Making", was published in the JGPT last year (Jour Geriatr Phys Ther, 2020. 43(2):62-70.)
Journal Club Growth: The APTA Geriatrics Journal Club, a big idea brought to life by Marianna Wingood, PT, DPT, PhD-c and the APTA Geriatrics Special Interest Groups, has blossomed into an online, webinar-format event that occurs six times per year. Each Journal Club features a recently published JGPT article presented by an author, and a clinical case example published in GeriNotes to illustrate the application of the study findings to actual clinical practice, presented by a clinician. Attendance now tops 100 members per session! This free member benefit supports knowledge translation to the field in an easily accessible and digestible format, and promotes the profile of authors whose valuable work has been published in the JGPT. Please join us for future Journal Club events coming up on May 18 and July 20, 2021.
Journal Status: The JGPT has seen a rise in the number of submissions over the past year. We received 301 submissions in 2020. Of these, 81 (27%) were entered into the peer-review system. Manuscripts originated from the United States and 37 other countries. Of the 142 papers for which final disposition was determined in 2020, 24, or 16.9%, were accepted. We are pleased to report that Journal Citation Reports indicate a 2019 impact factor of 3.396 for the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, the highest achieved to date. SCImago ranks the Journal in the top 10% of Rehabilitation journals (6/68) and the top 35% of Geriatrics and Gerontology journals (17/51).
Reviewer Appreciation: Manuscripts submitted to the JGPT progress through an extensive, collaborative review process that includes the Journal's Editor, five Associate Editors, and numerous Reviewers. I am extremely grateful to our team of hard-working Associate Editors: Bill Andrews, Kevin Chui, Ann Medley, Kerstin Palombaro, and Robert Wellmon, each of whom review many submitted manuscripts and guide them through the review and revision process. Special thanks are extended to Bob Wellmon, our Social and Digital Media coordinator, whose work builds author and reader engagement with the Journal via Facebook, Twitter, etc. Working with the Editorial Team, the 93 Editorial Board members and Reviewers listed below each reviewed 1 or more manuscripts for the Journal in 2020. Their generous professional service improves the quality of JGPT publications, and we truly appreciate their dedication to advancing the standard of care in geriatric rehabilitation.
-Leslie K. Allison, Editor
REVIEWERS FOR 2020
Special Recognition
These individuals each reviewed 5 or more manuscripts last year:
Mateus Dias Antunes
Robert Allan Briggs
Stephen Carp
Patricia Gillette
Tamara Gravano
Elena Ioana Iconaru
Dennis Klima
Neeraj Ashok Kumar
April Michelle Roy
Harshvardhan Singh
Nancy Smith
With Sincere Appreciation
These individuals each reviewed 1 to 4 manuscripts last year:
Daniela Abreu
Rania Almajid
Sugalya Amatachaya
Marina Arkkukangas
Dale Avers
Keith Avin
Michael Bartholomew
Katherine Beissner
Michael Bemben
Richard W. Bohannon
Heather J. Braden
Kathryn E. Brown
Marybeth Brown
Tracey Collins
Nicole Dawson
Henry Deiters
Laurie Devaney
Jason Falvey
Richard Fortinsky
Stacy L. Fritz
Anne Keeler Galgon
Arzu Genc
Susan Glenney
Paras Goel
Hui-Ting Goh
Laura Z Gras
Michelle Gray
Michelle Green
Dawn Gulick
Timothy Hanke
Janine Hatch
Wendy Herbert
Rashelle Hoffman
Ethan Hood
Min Hui Huang
Kent E. Irwin
Max Jordon
Gu Eon Kang
Jaskirat Kaur
Michelle M. Lusardi
Kelly M. Lindenberg
Derek M. Liuzzo
Mark Loftin
Staci Macklin-Shearin
Corrie A. Mancinelli
Sara James Migliarese
Carol Ann Miller
Kenneth L. Miller
Marilyn A. Moffett
Gina Maria Musolino
Carol McFarland
Paulo Roberto Carvalho do Nascimento
Gina Lynne Pariser
Arco Paul
Enrique Pineda
V Prakash
Doha Rasheedy
Mindy Oxman Renfro
Thomas Rulleau
Lori Schrodt
Katharine Scrivener
Cathie Sherrington
Jaclyn Megan Sions
Kachun Siu
James M Smith
Mike Studer
Anielle Cristhine de Medeiros Takahashi
Elizabeth D. Thompson
Elaine Trudelle-Jackson
Bayram Unver
Justin Wagner
Christian Werner
Sheng-Che Yen