Neurology celebrates its 50th anniversary

Abstract

The year 2001 marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Neurology . The journal was published every 2 months beginning in 1951, becoming monthly in 1953. The founding Editor was Russell N. DeJong, succeeded by Lewis P. Rowland and Robert B. Daroff. The early history and evolution of Neurology was summarized by Daroff.1 The growth of Neurology has more than matched the expansion of clinical neuroscience. Neurology Tables of Contents from 50 and 25 years ago versus last month’s tell the story ( figure). Twenty-five years ago, Neurology received 400 manuscripts. In 1996, when I became Editor, the number approached 2,000. In 2000, we received 3,000 manuscripts. Figure. Evolution of Neurology Tables of Contents from (A) 1951, (B) …