American Journal of Nursing voted one of the most influential journals

Oncology Nursing Forum, Sept, 2009 by Linda K. Morse

The BioMedical and Life Sciences Division (DBIO) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) as one of the 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine in the past century. AJN, published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins since 1900, was the only journal among 12 other nominated nursing journals to receive the honor.

"This honor is a testament to our commitment to maintaining our reputation as the leading source of cutting-edge and reliable information about nursing and health care," said Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, emeritus editor-in-chief of AJN.

AJN was honored, along with other winners, on Tuesday, June 16, in Washington, DC, during a luncheon for all 100 journals at SLA's 100th anniversary convention.

The SLA is an organization of subject specialist librarians, information managers, and publishing industry representatives, which is composed of many topical divisions. As part of the centennial event, one of the divisions, DBIO, convened an international panel of subject experts to poll the division membership on the 100 most influential journals of biology and medicine during the past 100 years of the association's existence. The list was compiled by more than 680 members.

For more information, visit http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/publications/resources/dbio100.html.> Linda K. Morse, RN, MSN, can be reached at linda_morse@dfci.harvard.edu, with copy to editor at ONFEditor@ons.org.

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1188/09.ONF.493-494