Disability and Health Journal Updates

In addition to receiving approval for indexing on Medline/PubMed and Thomson Reuters this year, Disability and Health Journal scored an Impact Factor of 0.904 during the second half of 2011. Elsevier, which publishes the journal, has informed AAHD leadership and the journal’s editors and editorial board members that these are major milestones and accomplishments, especially for a new journal. To receive Disability and Health Journal, please visit www.aahd.us/memberhip. If you are interested in submitting an article to the journal, please visit the Disability and Health Journal website at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com.

AAHD Leadership, Elsevier and the editors of Disability and Health Journal held their annual meeting with the journal’s editorial board at the APHA meeting on October 30, 2011, in Washington, DC. Elsevier staff presented a comprehensive report about the status of Disability and Health Journal, which was followed by a report from the journal’s editors and AAHD executive director.

Please visit the redesigned Disability and Health Journal website at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com. The site has many new capabilities for disseminating and accessing journal content.