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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:1681-1682
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorial

Peer review

Andrew S. Wechsler, MD*,a, Pamela W. Fried, MSa

a Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa, USA

Received for publication July 30, 2003; accepted for publication July 31, 2003.

* Address for reprints: Andrew S. Wechsler, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N 15th St, MS 496, Room 6415, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA
jtcvs@drexel.ed

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Dr Wechsler


Among this month's editorials is a contribution from Dr Frank Sellke discussing peer review from a reviewer's perspective. As the editor of the Journal, I could not do my job without using the peer-review process. I have written about the peer-review process and the fact that being identified as a peer reviewer carries with it both recognition and responsibility.1 I remain amazed that we still have a few individuals who enjoy the benefit of submitting articles to the Journal for publication but when called on to serve as peer reviewers do not have the time or interest to do their fair share. With our electronic, computer-based manuscript-management system, we can now easily identify those individuals and will systematically deny them . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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