WORK: a historical evaluation of the impact and evolution of its editorial board.
OBJECTIVE
A historical review of the editorial board and the founding editor of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation was conducted to examine the understanding of the editorship and contributions of this team to the knowledge in WORK.


METHODS
The team of four authors worked together to identify an approach to evaluate the contributions and impact of WORK's editorial board (EB) on the journal's scholarship. The editor-in-chief (EIC) and editorial board members were participants in this evaluation.


METHODS
Informative and formative evaluations were used to investigate how knowledge was shaped through the development of an epistemic community of scholars in the field of work. Metrics of the EB composition and participation in the journal as well as surveys and interviews with the board and the editor-in-chief were analyzed.


RESULTS
The EB represents an international community of scholars with a common interest in work and who contribute academically both within WORK and beyond. The epistemic community that has evolved through the editorial board represents a pluralistic perspective on work that is needed to inform practice, and knowledge.


CONCLUSIONS
Future directions to continue to advance knowledge through WORK's editorial board and EIC are elaborated.
Shaw
Lynn
L
School of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, Elborn College, Ontario, Canada. leshaw@uwo.ca
Prodinger
Birgit
B
Jacobs
Karen
K
Shaw
Nathan
N
D035081:Editorial Policies; D006075:Governing Board / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016272:Occupational Health; D010506:Periodicals as Topic