Author Affiliations: Dr Fontanarosa (phil.fontanarosa@jama-archives.org) is Executive Deputy Editor and Dr DeAngelis is Editor in Chief, JAMA.
In this issue of JAMA, we are publishing, with our sincere thanks, the names of all peer reviewers who completed manuscript reviews for JAMA in 2009.1 These peer reviewer consultants represent academic and clinical expertise in every medical specialty and subspecialty, have scientific expertise covering virtually every area of medical research, and represent 40 countries. We extend our appreciation to each peer reviewer for providing objective, insightful, and rigorous critiques of submitted manuscripts, and for making indispensable contributions in maintaining and enhancing the clinical relevance and scientific quality of articles published in JAMA.
We also express our appreciation to all authors who submitted manuscripts for consideration for publication in JAMA. These manuscripts address nearly every area of medicine and include major practice-changing clinical trials, cutting-edge basic science and translational investigations, and high-quality observational studies; clinically applicable, rigorous, systematic review articles; and insightful, provocative, and scholarly commentaries. In 2009, authors of manuscripts submitted to JAMA represented 70 countries, and international authors accounted for 40% of submitted manuscripts. We extend our thanks to these physician-scientists, medical researchers, clinical investigators, and all other authors for submitting manuscripts to JAMA, and for providing us with the opportunity to consider their work for publication.
The rigorous nature of the peer review process and the quality and importance of manuscripts submitted to JAMA are demonstrated in several key measures (Table). Even though the number of manuscripts submitted has increased, the turnaround times for editorial decision making, peer review, and time from manuscript submission to publication (a median of 103 days) have all remained efficient. In 2008, JAMA's impact factor reached 31.7, reflecting the importance with which the scientific and biomedical research communities regard articles that appear in JAMA.
We sincerely appreciate the contributions of all JAMA peer reviewers and authors. We look forward to the continued efforts and support of our peer reviewer consultants in helping ensure the scientific quality and integrity of articles published in JAMA, and we invite and encourage authors to consider JAMA as their journal of first choice for publication of their important papers.
Financial Disclosures: None reported.
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