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As the leading resource for peer-reviewed State-of-the-Science information on Spinal Cord Injury and Disease, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (TSCIR) is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study and dissemination of practical and theoretical information related to the subject of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.
TSCIR ANNOUNCEMENTS:
April, 2025 • Call for Papers!
Special issue on:
Artificial Intelligence in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Medicine
Guest Editor: Dennis Bourbeau
Manuscripts due by January 9, 2026
TSCIR Submission Details
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a quickly growing area with many applications. Large language models (LLMs) are being used to take notes during meetings and appointments, to summarize themes from text, and to accelerate qualitative research. Machine learning tools are being used to find patterns in large, complex data sets, which can generate new hypotheses and provide new insights. These new opportunities are supported by the increasingly available data sets. The NIH now mandates that data collected via funded projects be published in repositories, and funders are publishing requests for applications for projects that focus on analysis of large data sets. Given this trend, there is an important opportunity for incorporating AI tools into SCI research and medicine.
The purpose of this special issue is to illustrate new, innovative approaches of using AI tools in SCI research and medicine. It will stimulate discussion about the use of AI tools, and the readership will also be able to consider new questions and ideas that could be explored using these emerging tools. They will learn about how to define their questions in ways that leverage these tools and be able to understand and evaluate findings from AI models. We invite papers to this special issue that address this topic.
Some examples of topics might include papers that:
– use machine learning tools to analyze an SCI clinical data set
– use an LLM in a qualitative research study
– analyze a dataset using an AI tool in order to provide a new insight in SCI research
Submission Timeline: We ask that authors submit manuscripts by January 9, 2026.
