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(Circulation Research. 2000;87:261.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Editorials

Circulation Research Editors’ Yearly Report: 1999–2000

Eduardo Marbán, Roberto Bolli, Gerda Breitwieser, Rudi Busse, Hal Dietz, Masao Endoh, Toren Finkel, David Kass, Charles Lowenstein, Marlene Rabinovitch, Gordon Tomaselli

From the Editor in Chief and Associate Editors, Circulation Research.

Correspondence to Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, Circulation Research Editor, Johns Hopkins University, 2700 Lighthouse Point East, Suite 230, Baltimore, MD 21224. E-mail circulation.research@circresearch.com

Key Words: scientific publishing • citations • performance

	Introduction

 
After one year at the helm of Circulation Research, we reflect on the status of the journal and preview its direction. First, we call your attention to several notable changes in the Instructions to Authors. The journal has experienced an increase in submissions of 18% relative to the previous 12 months; so far in the year 2000, the increase equals 29% over the comparable quarters of 1999 (Figure 1). Nevertheless, our efforts to maximize the information content of the printed page have succeeded to the degree that we have been able to liberalize length limits and launch several new categories of papers. The restriction on the number of words has been increased to 6,000 for Original Contributions and to 8,000 for UltraRapid Communications. Although online supplementary information can still be posted, enabling full documentation of methods and supporting data, the word limits for Materials and Methods sections have been lifted. This gives authors the flexibility to structure their papers at will, as long as they adhere to the prescribed overall limits on words and display items. We have also reinstituted the category of Reviews; at 10,000 words, Reviews enable a definitive summary of a fairly broad area and complement the more focused MiniReviews. One last change, announced recently, is the institution of a new manuscript category entitled Reports. This category provides a forum for rapid publication of high-priority scientific findings that can be explained and documented in a compact manner. Longer papers can still receive expedited review and . . . [Full Text of this Article]