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(Hypertension. 2002;40:115.)
© 2002 American Heart Association, Inc.

Editorial

Hypertension—An Update

We thank you for supporting Hypertension and request your help and patience as we implement changes to extend the Journal’s excellence. Our main objectives for Hypertension have been previously reviewed¹ and are, simply stated, to ensure the publication of the highest quality original basic, clinical, and population research relating to hypertension, to enhance the Journal’s readership and scientific impact, and to provide efficient and fair manuscript reviews and rapid publication. I would like to give you a brief update on some new initiatives that are aimed at achieving our goals, although it is still too early to provide data on "readership and scientific impact." Therefore, I have focused mainly on our progress toward improving the efficiency of the review and publication process.

Online Submission and Reviews

Electronic submission and reviews can potentially provide an important mechanism for increasing the efficiency of the review process. Although we still review hard-copy manuscript submissions, the numbers of manuscripts submitted online is gradually increasing (currently about 60%), and virtually all reviews are submitted online. The online submission process has many advantages for authors and reviewers and also should speed up the review process when fully implemented.

We have had some challenges with the current online submission system, which has stirred the ire of a few reviewers and authors. For those of you who have experienced difficulties with online submissions and/or reviews, please accept our apologies. Unfortunately, the system that we received just a few days before assuming the editorship has considerable room for improvement (one of our reviewers . . . [Full Text of this Article]