Erschienen in:
01.05.2010 | EDITORIAL
Editorial
verfasst von:
Heidi Pfeiffer, Thomas Bajanowski
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Legal Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2010
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Excerpt
Before standing down in November 2009, Professor Bernd Brinkmann had been Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Legal Medicine ever since its inception in 1990. Establishing itself at the time as a brand-new journal, the German-language publication Zeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin gradually developed into the leading international journal that it is known as today, trusted and respected throughout the field of legal medicine. Its success and acceptance are not least due to Professor Brinkmann's great academic expertise and untiring commitment to his field. Throughout these 20 years, he steered the journal safely and with foresight through a number of major challenges, including a change of ownership at the publishing company, the rising impact of electronic media, and increasingly strong competition. The journal registered an impact factor of 2.574 for the year 2009. …
