TY - JOUR T1 - Back to the Future of Rheumatology JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 140 LP - 141 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.161558 VL - 44 IS - 2 AU - YVONNE H. PIGOTT AU - CARLYLE M. RODRIGO AU - EARL D. SILVERMAN Y1 - 2017/02/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/44/2/140.abstract N2 - The medical cycle of discovery from researcher to editor to reviewer to publisher to researcher and back again — often re-engaging the same players in different roles — is a model for vetting and sharing medical information that inspired longtime Journal Editor Duncan Gordon1 (Figure 1).Figure 1. The medical discovery cycle; adapted with permission1.Little did anyone know at that time — not Duncan Gordon, the associate editors, reviewers, and authors — to what extent the discovery process would speed up and multiply itself, in particular with the emergence of electronic resource networks on the Internet.Today, electronic resources are apparent … Address reprint requests to Dr. E.D. Silverman; e-mail: jrheum{at}jrheum.com ER -