Sexuality and Disability: Being Mindful of the Moment

As we continue with our busy lives and the events of the world around us, we pause to reflect upon events along the path we travel. One such pause is to reflect upon the accomplishment of the journal, Sexuality and Disability. Over the years, the journal has been a main resource of quality academic scholarly work in the area of sexuality and disability. The interest and active participation in this area remains strong. Thomson-Reuters recently released the 2009 Impact Factors. The Impact Factor is one tool for ranking, classifying, evaluating and comparing journals. The Impact Factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a year or period of time. We are very pleased to report the journal’s 2009 Impact Factor has increased significantly to 0.800. The current impact factor is the highest in the 2005–2009 timeframe. Sexuality and Disability is ranked 31 of 52 journals (3rd quartile) in its category, Rehabilitation. Several factors provide the academic foundation and prestige of a journal. As Editor, I want to personally thank the readership, authors, referees and reviewers, and the Editorial Board.

Sexuality and Disability provides original impact articles addressing the mental health and medical aspects of sexuality in relation to rehabilitation, hospital, academic and community settings, publishing up-to-date articles, case studies, clinical practice reports, reviews, featured articles, historical articles, special grand rounds topics, brief research reports and survey data reports. Value benefit is provided to authors through worldwide electronic exposure and professional access, while readership gains from scholarly contributions to advance the field through research, best-practice and educational articles. The refined lens of individual contributions from the local and international community continues to deliver a wealth of information on the topic of sexuality and disability for the reader.