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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1407-1408
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Editorial

Tuning a Stradivarius

L.Henry Edmunds, Jr, MDa,*

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

* Address reprint requests to Dr Edmunds, Editor, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 5000 Ravdin Court, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283 (Email: ats@uphs.upenn.edu).

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Your editor is unqualified to hold a Stradivarius violin, let alone tune one. But like a Stradivarius The Annals is a precious and unique instrument. It is the largest and most widely read journal of our specialties and welcomes to its pages all practicing cardiac and general thoracic surgeons to exchange information for the benefit of patients. But, like a fine violin The Annals needs constant tuning.

The Annals continues to grow. A total of 1,106 original articles were received in 2000 as compared to 1,008 in 1999, an increase of 9.7%. Sixty one percent of the 2,302 manuscripts received were sent from abroad. The number of manuscripts produced by North Americans remained constant at about 900 in 2000, but the number produced by international authors increased by 121. The number of published articles was essentially equal for onshore and offshore authors.

The Annals is a scientific journal of cardiac and general thoracic surgeons who are both clinicians and investigators. Seventy seven percent of The Annals’ 4,790 published pages in 2000 were original articles. Case reports, How To Do It articles and Images made up 10% of the journal; editorials and commentaries, 3.2%; and reviews, correspondence and indexes, 10%. The composition of The Annals emphasizes new information; correspondence, commentaries and editorials make its pages interactive.

Peer review also makes The Annals interactive. In 2000 a total of 5,311 requested reviews were returned for an overall average of 2.3 reviews per manuscript. Each original manuscript received at least 3 reviews, which, for . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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