New Award Announced: The Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy (JGPT) is extremely pleased to join APTA Geriatrics in the announcement of a new, annual "JGPT Best Article" Award! From a list of all the articles published in the prior year, the Editorial Team selects a short list of candidate articles for the award. Members of the Editorial Board and Editorial Team then vote to select the best article. This award is an additional way to recognize deserving authors who submit high quality manuscripts to the JGPT. Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 JGPT Best Article Award, Gunay Ardali, PT, PhD, Rebecca States, PhD, Lori Brody, PT, PhD and Ellen Godwin, PT, PhD! Their study, "Characteristics of Older Adults who are Unable to Perform a Floor Transfer: Considerations for Clinical Decision-Making", was published in the JGPT last year (Jour Geriatr Phys Ther, 2020. 43(2):62-70.)

Journal Club Growth: The APTA Geriatrics Journal Club, a big idea brought to life by Marianna Wingood, PT, DPT, PhD-c and the APTA Geriatrics Special Interest Groups, has blossomed into an online, webinar-format event that occurs six times per year. Each Journal Club features a recently published JGPT article presented by an author, and a clinical case example published in GeriNotes to illustrate the application of the study findings to actual clinical practice, presented by a clinician. Attendance now tops 100 members per session! This free member benefit supports knowledge translation to the field in an easily accessible and digestible format, and promotes the profile of authors whose valuable work has been published in the JGPT. Please join us for future Journal Club events coming up on May 18 and July 20, 2021.

Journal Status: The JGPT has seen a rise in the number of submissions over the past year. We received 301 submissions in 2020. Of these, 81 (27%) were entered into the peer-review system. Manuscripts originated from the United States and 37 other countries. Of the 142 papers for which final disposition was determined in 2020, 24, or 16.9%, were accepted. We are pleased to report that Journal Citation Reports indicate a 2019 impact factor of 3.396 for the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, the highest achieved to date. SCImago ranks the Journal in the top 10% of Rehabilitation journals (6/68) and the top 35% of Geriatrics and Gerontology journals (17/51).

Reviewer Appreciation: Manuscripts submitted to the JGPT progress through an extensive, collaborative review process that includes the Journal's Editor, five Associate Editors, and numerous Reviewers. I am extremely grateful to our team of hard-working Associate Editors: Bill Andrews, Kevin Chui, Ann Medley, Kerstin Palombaro, and Robert Wellmon, each of whom review many submitted manuscripts and guide them through the review and revision process. Special thanks are extended to Bob Wellmon, our Social and Digital Media coordinator, whose work builds author and reader engagement with the Journal via Facebook, Twitter, etc. Working with the Editorial Team, the 93 Editorial Board members and Reviewers listed below each reviewed 1 or more manuscripts for the Journal in 2020. Their generous professional service improves the quality of JGPT publications, and we truly appreciate their dedication to advancing the standard of care in geriatric rehabilitation.

-Leslie K. Allison, Editor

REVIEWERS FOR 2020

Special Recognition

These individuals each reviewed 5 or more manuscripts last year:

Mateus Dias Antunes

Robert Allan Briggs

Stephen Carp

Patricia Gillette

Tamara Gravano

Elena Ioana Iconaru

Dennis Klima

Neeraj Ashok Kumar

April Michelle Roy

Harshvardhan Singh

Nancy Smith

With Sincere Appreciation

These individuals each reviewed 1 to 4 manuscripts last year:

Daniela Abreu

Rania Almajid

Sugalya Amatachaya

Marina Arkkukangas

Dale Avers

Keith Avin

Michael Bartholomew

Katherine Beissner

Michael Bemben

Richard W. Bohannon

Heather J. Braden

Kathryn E. Brown

Marybeth Brown

Tracey Collins

Nicole Dawson

Henry Deiters

Laurie Devaney

Jason Falvey

Richard Fortinsky

Stacy L. Fritz

Anne Keeler Galgon

Arzu Genc

Susan Glenney

Paras Goel

Hui-Ting Goh

Laura Z Gras

Michelle Gray

Michelle Green

Dawn Gulick

Timothy Hanke

Janine Hatch

Wendy Herbert

Rashelle Hoffman

Ethan Hood

Min Hui Huang

Kent E. Irwin

Max Jordon

Gu Eon Kang

Jaskirat Kaur

Michelle M. Lusardi

Kelly M. Lindenberg

Derek M. Liuzzo

Mark Loftin

Staci Macklin-Shearin

Corrie A. Mancinelli

Sara James Migliarese

Carol Ann Miller

Kenneth L. Miller

Marilyn A. Moffett

Gina Maria Musolino

Carol McFarland

Paulo Roberto Carvalho do Nascimento

Gina Lynne Pariser

Arco Paul

Enrique Pineda

V Prakash

Doha Rasheedy

Mindy Oxman Renfro

Thomas Rulleau

Lori Schrodt

Katharine Scrivener

Cathie Sherrington

Jaclyn Megan Sions

Kachun Siu

James M Smith

Mike Studer

Anielle Cristhine de Medeiros Takahashi

Elizabeth D. Thompson

Elaine Trudelle-Jackson

Bayram Unver

Justin Wagner

Christian Werner

Sheng-Che Yen