Editorial Type: ORIGINAL ARTICLES
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Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 2011

A History of The Journal of Chiropractic Education
Twenty-Five Years of Service, 1987–2011

DC, MSEd,
DA,
DC, MSEd, and
DC, PhD
Article Category: Research Article
Page Range: 169 – 181
DOI: 10.7899/1042-5055-25.2.169
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Purpose: The Journal of Chiropractic Education celebrates its 25th anniversary in the year 2011. The purpose of this article is to chronicle the history of the journal, which is unreported at this time. Methods: The entire collection of the journal was reviewed and information pertaining to important events and changes in the format, personnel, and processes of the journal were extracted. This information was used to create a chronology of the journal. The chronology was complemented with information obtained from people who were involved in the evolution of the journal and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational Conferences. Results: Starting as a humble newsletter in 1987 and produced for a small cadre of readers primarily from the United States, the journal is now a full-sized and bound peer-reviewed international journal. Initially cataloged by the Index to Chiropractic Literature and MANTIS, the indexing expanded to interdisciplinary indexing systems such as CINAHL and ultimately PubMed. The journal has grown to serve the needs of chiropractic educators from around the world with representatives on the editorial board from 39 colleges and universities from 15 different countries. The journal has grown in tandem with the profession's leading education and research conference and has been the primary repository for the scholarship of chiropractic education. Conclusion: The history of the journal represents a significant milestone in the development of the chiropractic profession, particularly the discipline of chiropractic education. The journal has had an interesting history and the future promises to bring more opportunities and challenges to the field of chiropractic education and to the journal.

Copyright: © 2011 Association of Chiropractic Colleges 2011

Contributor Notes

About the Authors

Bart Green is the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Chiropractic Education and the associate editor in the Publications Department of the National University of Health Sciences.

Grace Jacobs is the founding editor of The Journal of Chiropractic Education.

Claire Johnson is a professor at the National University of Health Sciences and peer review chair for the Association of Chiropractic Educational Conference.

Reed Phillips is a former editor-in-chief of The Journal of Chiropractic Education and now serves as the executive director of the NCMIC Foundation and as scientist at the Durban University of Technology in the Chiropractic Program.

Address correspondence to Bart Green, Journal of Chiropractic Education, 711 Mission Ave #336, Oceanside, CA 92145 (e-mail: JChiroEd@aol.com).
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