2012 Year in review : Preventing chronic disease : public health research, practice, and policy

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• Alternative Title:
  Preventing chronic disease : public health research, practice, and policy ; Year in review : Preventing chronic disease : public health research, practice, and policy
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  This has been a transformative year for Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD). The journal has developed in its innovative use of technology and has also implemented a progressive editorial process that continues to focus on producing content of the highest quality. We look forward to a productive 2013 and will continue working to increase the high quality standards of PCD.
  
  2012 Accomplishments Timeline:
  
  January – PCD reduces turnaround time from acceptance to publication by implementing a continuous publication model, publishing articles each week rather than holding and bundling articles to publish in bimonthly issues.
  
  • March – The journal begins offering monthly Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits in partnership with Medscape.
  
  • May – PCD releases podcast of board member Dr Shiriki Kumanyika discussing her role in HBO’s ground-breaking documentary series on obesity in America, “The Weight of the Nation.”
  
  • July – The journal receives its first impact factor of 1.819, one of the highest debuts in public health journals.
  
  • September – Editor in Chief Sam Posner conducts podcast interview with Drs Giridhar Mallya and James Marks regarding childhood obesity.
  
  • October – PCD is the first CDC journal to launch iPhone and iPad applications.
  
  • November – PCD’s total reach, including Web views, RSS feeds, and iPad app traffic, triples since the beginning of 2012.
  
  CS237084A
  
  
• Subjects:
  Periodicals as Topic
• Document Type:
  Report
• Name as Subject:
  Preventing chronic disease
• Genre:
  Annual Reports
• Pages in Document:
  7 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:95dd59f2e4137ea6438bf999e02ae721da01b2552b48e6e2f2a88fb005ecbb72
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26107/cdc_26107_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 461.63 KB ]