Summary:
"If all printers were determined not to print anything 'til
they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little
printed."
--Benjamin Franklin
When you examine the plethora of medical literature even in
one's own field, you might legitimately react with intellectual
anorexia
"If all printers were determined not to print anything 'til
they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little
printed."
--Benjamin Franklin
When you examine the plethora of medical literature even in
one's own field, you might legitimately react with intellectual
anorexia. I have written previously about my distaste for mindless
correlative studies that add nothing but another citation to the
author's bibliography. What distresses me more is the increasing
volume of esoterica that fills our specialty journals, particularly
those journals that have inherent teaching responsibility to the
practicing radiologists who make up the largest membership of our
specialty. I do not quibble with the need for research and for
publication of its products in appropriate journals dedicated to
this type of reporting. However, I also see a pressing need for
articles that deal with practical, real-life medical problems that
inform us of better ways to practice good medicine and radiology.
As an editor, I have dedicated myself to the latter role. I
consider myself a practicing radiologist, and I enjoy reading
material that I can relate to and that keeps me informed in matters
in which I am involved intimately. The philosophy of this journal
is in keeping with this approach. I hope you share my
enthusiasm.