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Editorial                                                                                                                                        Open Access

## Increasing Interest for the Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

Ole Jakob Storebø and Sven Bölte

We are now entering the second year of the Scandinavian  Journal  of  Child  and  Adolescent  Psychiatry and  Psychology  (SJCAPP).  A  look  at  the  webstatistics demonstrates  a steady increase in the number of  visitors  to  our  journal.  Figure  1  shows the  number  of  unique  SJCAPP  site  visitors  per month since the journals launch in November 2012. Many visitors use the SJCAPP site regularly, so the total  number  of  monthly  visitors  is  significantly higher.

FIGURE 1. No. of unique visitors to the SJCAPP homepage (11/2012-12/2013) [Google Analytics)]

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Figure  2  shows  the  geographical  distribution  of these visitors. The visitors' origins indicate a broad international interest for SJCAPP.

FIGURE 2. Global distribution of SJCAPP visitors

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An  increasing  interest  for  SJCAPP  is  also  suggested  by  the  rising  numbers  of  submitted  papers. For instance, the journal received ten proposals for our special issue on autism which will be published in March/April this year.

We are happy to be an independent Journal, free from  economical,  governmental  or  industrial  constrains.  Our  Journal  is  based  on  the  willingness from volunteers to work for free and thereby ensure the fundament for the open access. However, a minor  publication  fee  might  not  be  avoidable  in  the future  for  reasons  of  financial  sustainability.  Another  aim  of  the  editor's  is  to  develop  the  Journal towards  a  living  'entity'.  For  instance,  in  March 2014 we will arrange an autism symposium with researchers from the journal's editorial board as main speakers.  Lectures  and  a  pro  con  discussion  on DSM 5 issues will be recorded as podcasts and published  in  the  Journal.  Consistently,  in  the  second year,  the  Journal's  homepage  is  further  improved. Among other things, a new feature will be available making it easy for our readers to comment on articles by using a 'Comment button'.

Dear  readers;  please  spread  the  word  about  the Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  and  Psychology,  use  it  as  your  choice  for publication,  and  encourage  others  to  do  so.  With your help, the SJCAPP will reach its full potential.