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(Hypertension. 2001;37:1.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Editorial

Annual Progress Report and Our Thanks to Referees

Edward D. Frohlich, M,D Editor-in-Chief
L. Gabriel Navar, PhD, Associate Editor
Richard N. Ré, MD, Associate Editor

	Introduction

 
Dear Colleagues:

This is our seventh annual progress report to you. Once again, we want to extend to each of you our deep gratitude for your words of encouragement and support over these years. It is difficult to realize that these 7 years have flown by so rapidly. As we enter our final year of our editorial tenureship, we are grateful for the opportunity we have been given to bring to you what we truly believe is the best of the world’s research achievements.

With respect to our most recent publication statistics, we are proud and pleased to tell you that the impact factor of our journal remains the highest of all hypertension journals, 4.93 for 1999. The number of manuscripts submitted to us continues to increase. Last year, 1,269 manuscripts were submitted to the journal; and, as of the end of October 2000, we have received 1,071 papers and we anticipate receiving about 1,300 submissions by year’s end. Bear in mind that this does not include the papers submitted for the Inter-American Society of Hypertension meeting, because these scientific sessions are held biennially. We continue to maintain a very speedy initial review time of 4.0 weeks from submission to first decision and 13.3 weeks from submission to final acceptance. As you know, the first figure is probably the more pertinent datum for an author to assess the promptness and efficiency of a journal’s review process. The latter figure reflects many other factors including the speediness of authors to respond . . . [Full Text of this Article]