The Journal of Chiropractic Medicine and selected specialties in the chiropractic profession

The Journal of Chiropractic Medicine (JCM) is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to disseminating information to the chiropractic profession. The journal focuses on providing practical information for the practicing doctor of chiropractic and especially favors case reports and reviews of the literature. Since the journal began in 2002, it continues to grow and increase in quality and readership. The JCM contents are indexed in PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Manual Alternative and Natural Therapy Index System, and the Index to the Chiropractic Literature.

The JCM serves a variety of specialty groups in the chiropractic profession—from primary care and sports medicine to forensic sciences and neurology. The American Academy of Chiropractic Physicians (AACP) was the first professional society affiliated with the JCM, beginning in 2002. The American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (ACBSP) began offering its members the JCM in 2007, the College on Forensic Sciences (CFS) included the JCM as a membership benefit in September 2009, and the International Academy of Chiropractic Neurology (IACN) began offering the JCM as a membership benefit in December 2009. Each of these professional chiropractic societies offers valuable services and membership benefits (Table 1).

Table 1. Professional societies that are affiliated with the JCM and offer the journal as a membership benefit

	Professional Society	Description	Web Site
	AACP	The AACP is a professional organization representing chiropractic physicians. Its mission is to preserve, protect, improve, and promote the chiropractic medical profession and the services of chiropractic physicians for the benefit of the patients they serve.	www.aacp.net
	ACBSP	The ACBSP is a professional nonprofit organization that promotes the highest standards of excellence and clinical competence for chiropractors specializing in sports medicine and physical fitness.	www.acbsp.com
	CFS	The CFS is a not-for-profit organization that provides graduate and postdoctoral needs-based educational activities in forensic sciences (application of medical facts to legal issues or proceedings) for forensic examiners.	www.forensic-sciences.org
	IACN	The IACN is a professional nonprofit organization that promotes those principles, policies, and practices that seek the attainment of the highest order of excellence in clinical neurologic skills by doctors of chiropractic to best serve humankind.	www.iacn.org

It is important to include findings from the field of chiropractic practice in the scientific literature, especially those topics related to the chiropractic specialties. The readership of the JCM and the members of each of these professional societies are encouraged to submit their scholarly articles to the JCM through the Web site www.JournalChiroMed.com. The JCM will continue to maintain its editorial independence and scientific integrity, which will ensure that the contents of this peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed journal will be of the highest quality for its readers. We look forward to your participation in contributing to the scientific literature.

Funding sources and potential conflicts of interest 

No funding was received for this article. Disclosure statement: Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, is the editor of the JCM; a full-time professor at the National University of Health Sciences; Peer Review Chair for the Association of Chiropractic Colleges; a Board member of NCMIC; and a member of the American Chiropractic Association, ACBSP, International Chiropractors Association, Association for the History of Chiropractic, Counsel of Science Editors, American Public Health Association, Committee on Publication Ethics, World Association of Medical Editors, American Medical Writers Association, and American Educational Research Association.