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This year the Journal celebrated its 90th birthday. Far from suffering any of the usual age-related diseases, this venerable old lady of Australian medical publishing continues to improve, and even got a complete makeover. Her memory continues to expand, with a searchable electronic archive of all issues back to 1996, and the web has obviated all mobility problems, allowing her to travel freely to the far corners of the earth.
In the 12 months from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004, the MJA received 1419 submissions. 325 were research articles (18% accepted), 98 were case reports (18% accepted) and 381 were letters (63% accepted). For research articles, the time from submission to acceptance remains at about 5 months (this includes peer review and revision); rejection averages 11/2 months. March and September were the most popular months for submissions, with up to 50% more than other months. This could be a seasonal thing (back to work after the summer holidays, and spring-cleaning), but it also happens to follow the closing dates for NHMRC grant applications and responses.
Our ever-expanding band of reviewers has again put in a huge amount of work to ensure that we only publish material of the highest quality. Those who have reviewed for us this year are listed below and we thank them very much.
The MJA has continued to reward quality research with the annual $10 000 MJA/Wyeth Prize, and we are currently accepting entries for the inaugural Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition, in which $5000 will be awarded to the author of the best essay about Indigenous health. One of the most important changes in medical research and publishing was announced this year by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors in an attempt to address the problem of selective reporting of trial results. Member journals (including the MJA) will require, as a condition of consideration for publication, that all clinical trials starting enrolment after 1 July 2005 have been registered in a public trials registry at or before the onset of patient enrolment.
We hope you find some inspiring holiday reading in this end-of-year double issue.
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Content Review Leon A Bach |
Reviewers Janaki Aamin |
Christopher M Doran |
Roger J Kilham |
Susan J Roberts |
©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 Print ISSN: 0025-729X Online ISSN: 1326-5377 www.mja.com.au
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