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(Circulation Research. 2003;92:121.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.

Editorials

Circulation Research Editors’ Yearly Report: 2002

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

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

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

Key Words: Online First • fiftieth anniversary • thematic review series • impact factor

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More than three and a half years after taking on the editorship of Circulation Research, we are pleased to put forth this edition of our yearly state-of-the-journal report. Manuscript submissions continued to increase, albeit modestly; nevertheless, the 1488 manuscripts received in 2002 set yet another yearly record (Figure 1). Despite increasing submissions and a static page budget, our acceptance rate of 21.7% (Figure 2) was comparable to that of the journal since 1993.

View larger version (43K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Number of submissions to Circulation Research by calendar year for 1987 to 2002.

View larger version (19K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Acceptance rate trend by calendar year for 1995 to 2002.

Having pioneered online manuscript submission and peer review tracking among the American Heart Association journals, Circulation Research continued to see the fruits of its efforts in the time to first decision for original research articles (Figure 3). For Original Contributions, a first decision was rendered in an average of 3.2 weeks, while decisions were recorded on UltraRapid Communications and Reports in 1.9 and 1.8 weeks, respectively. The time to first decision for Review and MiniReview articles was also brief at 3.4 weeks. As Figure 4 describes, accepted manuscripts appeared in print at a fast pace. Online First, the online publication initiative whereby original research articles appear in a proof form online 5 to 9 days after acceptance, was successfully implemented in 2001. Year 2002 witnessed a full year of Online First, and the Editors are pleased with the public support and . . . [Full Text of this Article]