Editorial


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Editorial 
 

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: 
ONLINE JOURNAL OF RURAL NURSING AND 

HEALTHCARE READERSHIP DATA 
 

Jeri Dunkin, PhD, RN 
 Editor 

 
 

The Rural Nurse Organization has been very attentive to the needs of the Online 
Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care.  In 2005, software was installed that records 
information every time someone accesses the Journal.  These recordings include time 
and date, specific pages accessed, and the location of the person accessing the Journal.  
As the editor, I am very excited to report that the Journal was accessed 528,780 times in 
2006.  One of the benefits to those whose articles are published in the Journal is the 
ability of RNO to report how many times in a given period readers have accessed a 
particular contributor’s article.  I have included a couple of pieces of information from 
the report for 2006.  These reports are available each month on the website.  Your RNO 
membership dues support this reporting function, as well as other information, including 
the digital library found on the web site. Please consider joining The Rural Nurse 
Organization if you haven’t already, or renew your membership if you are currently a 
member. Go to http://www.rno.org/downloads/rno_membership_application.pdf to 
access the membership form.  The form should be printed, filled out, and mailed to RNO.  
Thank you as always for your support of RNO and the Online Journal of Rural Nursing 
and Healthcare.   
 

Online Journal of Rural Nursing Most Active Countries 

 
 

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 2007 

http://www.rno.org/downloads/rno_membership_application.pdf


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Number of times select members’ articles were 
accessed

0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000

Williams Volume 2 Article

Adams Volume 1 Article

Barrett Volume 1 Article

 
 

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 2007