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Deadtime Corrections One of the first challenges t o come to my attention as the new editor is that of ensuring rapid publication of research papers. T h e great proliferation of research in the many different areas of analytical chemistry has required our colleagues around the world to report their findings with minimum delay. OW the years, ANALYTICALCHEMISTRYhas developed a successful system for rapid publication without sacrificing the high quality for which our Journal is noted. Much of the responsibility for this falls on the reviewers and editorial staff, as well as the authors. T h e Journal has a strong commitment to achieving rapid publication consistent with careful and fair review. T h e two major hold-ups on publication speed, however, are slow reviewers (who are admittedly overworked) and authors who are slow in revision of their manuscripts. Sometimes the delay may result from the need for authors to provide additional experimental results. T h e editorial staff has tried various methods to prod slow reviewers, including the use of postcards, telegrams, and telephone calls. Ironically, it is sometimes the author most concerned with the speed of the publication of his own manuscripts who is less than conscientious as a reviewer. T h e opportunity t o publish in a prestigious journal is, of necessity, accompanied by the responsibility to review the work of fellow contributors and so enable all authors to achieve the strongest kind of publication. By actual count 817 individuals from all over the world helped the authors and editors by reviewing manuscripts in 1979. Special credit goes to the conscientious reviewers whose time and effort reviewing a n ever increasing number of manuscripts continue t o ensure the high quality of the science and the Journal.
Research and Deveiopment: Seldon W. Terrant
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