Supporting a community of injury prevention giants: past, present and future

There is a well-known saying that talks about the progression of scientific knowledge and insights being built from the ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’.1 There is no doubt that as a field, injury prevention is only in the strong position it is today because we have done the same. Injury Prevention is committed to progressing this by having a focus on preserving injury prevention history, sharing this with new generations of injury researchers and shaping the field. Knowledge and recognition about injury prevention’s giants and their contributions must not be lost and our journal will take a leadership role in ensuring this through targeted papers in issues, a new journal podcast series, our social media presence and curated discussions among our authors and readers. One of those giants passed in August 2023: Dr. Ivan Barry Pless was this journal’s inaugural Editor-in-Chief and Professor Emeritus at McGill...
Source: Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research