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(Hypertension. 2000;35:538.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Introductory Commentary

e-Hypertension

Opening New Vistas

Scott H. Carlson; J. Michael Wyss

From the Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.

Correspondence to Scott H. Carlson, PhD, Department of Cell Biology, 1670 University Boulevard, VH 601 Box 302, Birmingham, AL 35294-0019. E-mail scarlson@uab.edu

	Introduction

 
The decision by the editorial board of Hypertension to create an online section of the journal follows a growing effort in scientific publishing to use electronic publishing to more quickly disseminate new information to the scientific community in future research. This electronic format has several benefits. First, the all-electronic format greatly decreases the time between submission and publication, thus facilitating the release of research information that is important for subsequent investigations. Over the past decade, the submission to publication time has greatly improved in most journals, including Hypertension, but the delay still typically remains over four months. In contrast, electronic publication can cut this delay to as little as a month or less. Second, many of the mainline scientific journals like Hypertension currently have no venue for publication of methodological papers, even though some like the current one may be of considerable value to the readership. Most methods-oriented cardiovascular manuscripts are eventually published as "Special Communications" in the Regulatory or Heart sections of The American Journal of Physiology. The electronic format provides an excellent medium for rapid dissemination of information describing valuable laboratory techniques that are related to hypertension. These articles will be rapidly available to the targeted audience and should be as respected as the print edition articles, because both undergo the same rigorous review process. Together, these complimentary mediums should increase the already high impact factor of Hypertension. Third, literature searches and access to journals are increasingly utilizing the internet and this method of acquisition of . . . [Full Text of this Article]