As Editors of The Journal of Rheumatology we are pleased to inform you that The Journal is offering our traditional excellence in clinical research to the international rheumatology community more rapidly!
Advances in our peer review and editorial production processes have resulted in a shorter time from submission to first decision and from acceptance to publication, despite steadily increasing submissions since 2006.
In 2009 The Journal received about 1500 submissions, of which 1000 were full length manuscripts. As authors, reviewers, board members (Table 1), and staff make better use of our integrated Web based review system, we can shorten …