Abstract
The Journal of Lipid Research was founded in October, 1959 and has had a long and distinguished history. It evolved from an initial concept of a loose-leaf methodology handbook to a major journal for the lipid field. Its growth has in many ways paralleled the growth and expansion of lipid research. Today, it is operated as a journal of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the forefront of biomedical research on lipids.
Highlights
I feel very fortunate as an Editor-in-Chief to have the honor of recounting and celebrating the proud 50 year history of The Journal of Lipid Research ( JLR)
From its humble beginnings in 1959, long before electronic submissions, the National Institutes of Healths Public Access program, and the advent of the “impact factor,” the JLR has grown to be a significant player in biomedical publications with some 1,200 subscriptions, print and online, mostly to libraries, and an extraordinary readership based on the number of online hits the JLR receives
Who would have guessed this development 50 years ago when Edward H. (Pete) Ahrens, Donald Zilversmit, and colleagues incorporated the nonprofit Lipid Research Inc. (LRI) to publish the JLR? Their goal was to ensure that the publication they originally envisioned as a loose-leaf manual focused on methodology would remain under the leadership of active lipid investigators, as it has to this day
Summary
Early history, and transformation of the Journal of Lipid Research to an American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology journal[1].
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