© 1998 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Circulation Research: A New Era
From the Chair, Scientific Publishing Committee, American Heart Association.
Correspondence to Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, 7220 MSRB III, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0644.
Key Words: cardiovascular research • molecular biology • vascular biology
Circulation Research has undergone significant changes in the past 5 years. These are in large part due to the editorial leadership of Stephen F. Vatner and Associate Editors Bradford C. Berk, Thomas H. Hintze, Leslie A. Leinwand, Peter Libby, Ketty Schwartz, Harold C. Strauss, and Yoshio Yazaki. Circulation Research has emerged as a premiere journal in molecular and cellular cardiology. Under Dr Vatner's leadership, Circulation Research has made the transition from cardiovascular physiology to include cardiovascular molecular biology. One might add that over the next few years, it may make an additional transition in cardiovascular molecular physiology and become a fully integrated, modern cardiovascular basic research journal.
There are several parameters that reflect the success of
Circulation Research. As shown in Fig 1
, the number of manuscripts received has
increased steadily from 600 in 1987 to 1047 in 1996. This reflects a
substantial interest worldwide in cardiovascular
science. Approximately 50% of these submissions now come from outside
of the United States, predominantly Europe and Asia. The number of
manuscripts submitted to a journal reflects not only the quality of the
science but also the brevity of the review process. To this regard, Dr
Vatner has made strides. The time from submission to publication is 28
weeks for original contributions and 18 weeks for rapid communications.
The time from acceptance to publication is 13 weeks for
original contributions and 9 weeks for rapid communications (Fig 2).
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