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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;123:401-402
© 2002 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorials

Electronic submission, electronic review: Better for authors and reviewers ... ultimately

From MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Received for publication Dec 27, 2001; accepted for publication Dec 27, 2001. Address for reprints: Pamela W. Fried, MCP Hahnemann University, 245 N 15th St, Mailstop 496, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 (E-mail: jtcvs@drexel.edu).

	Introduction

 
A few months ago, reviewers for the Journal were startled to receive an E-mail message offering them the opportunity to review an article, seeking their availability, and offering a Web site at which they could log in and initiate their electronic review. Associate editors began receiving articles submitted to the Journal with the request that they visit a Web site, log on, and assign reviewers. Some few weeks later, reviews started coming in over the Internet, decisions were made and transmitted electronically, and authors received electronic mail suggesting revisions to their work.

Shortly thereafter, the editorial office began receiving more articles via the Internet, reviews, revisions, and a host of telephone calls and E-mail messages using symbols and alphabetic portrayals . . . [Full Text of this Article]