COCA, EAC and The College of Chiropractors have agreed to cover the cost of article-processing charges for all manuscripts submitted before January 2015. This will enable Chiropractic & Manual Therapies to remain an international open access journal without charge to authors during this time.

Readers should note that in January 2011 the journal’s name changed to Chiropractic & Manual Therapies from Chiropractic & Osteopathy.

The Editors of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies are delighted to announce that Dr. John Reggars, CEO of COCA, Editorial Board member of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for service to community health as a chiropractor. Further details can be found here.

The Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia (COCA) is a non-profit, member-based vocational college that provides high quality continuing education to its members. COCA encourages a scientific and ethical approach to patient management, fosters related research, and seeks to participate in activities related to public health.

The European Academy of Chiropractic (EAC) has as its purpose to act as the academic arm of its parent organisation the European Chiropractors Union (ECU). It is responsible for the academic promotion of the chiropractic profession in Europe and liaison with other academic institutions approved by the EAC.

The Royal College of Chiropractors (UK) is an academic organisation with the following objectives: to promote the art, science and practice of chiropractic; to improve and maintain standards in the practice of chiropractic for the benefit of the public; to promote awareness and understanding of chiropractic amongst medical practitioners and other healthcare professionals and the public; to educate and train practitioners in the art, science and practice of chiropractic; and to advance the study of and research in chiropractic.