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Editors' message

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 50; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.085

1097-6809

Anton N. Sidawy, Bruce A. Perler,

This year marked the silver anniversary of the Journal of Vascular Surgery®, and the first year of our Editorial stewardship. As this year comes to a close, we remain ever mindful of the incredible wisdom of our founding Editors, Dr. Michael DeBakey, Emerick Szilagyi, and Jesse Thompson, whose visionary leadership anticipated the need for a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the art and science of vascular surgery and who set the foundation for the Journal's continued maturation with that of our specialty. The Journal of Vascular Surgery® has become the pre-eminent publication in the field of vascular and endovascular therapy. This past year we received nearly 1500 manuscript submissions, an all-time high. This represents an increase in all types of submissions, including clinical and basic science studies, as well as case reports. Furthermore, the Journal has become a truly international publication, with nearly 60% of our submissions coming from outside the United States and Canada, and with the highest international fraction coming from Europe, Japan, and Asia. Acceptance of papers has become increasingly competitive, resulting in continued improvement in the quality of our peer-reviewed manuscripts. We have introduced several new features throughout the year, to accompany the peer-reviewed clinical studies, basic science investigations, and case reports which are the foundation of the Journal. These new features are designed to communicate important and practical information to practicing vascular and endovascular surgeons who make up the majority of our readership. We have introduced sections on Vascular and Endovascular Techniques, Practice Management, Education Corner, Evidence-Based Practice, and CPT coding of new and complex procedures. The Journal of Vascular Surgery® is the primary publication of the Society for Vascular Surgery®, and all of our readers are stakeholders in the Journal. As we move forward, we remain mindful of our responsibility to our readership and dedicated to continually improve the product. You will be seeing additional new features in 2010, and we welcome your feedback and suggestions. We wish you all a wonderful holiday season, and a happy and healthy New Year. The Journal uses a rigorous peer-review process,in which each submitted manuscript is externally reviewed by at least three people, including at least one member of the Editorial Board, selected for theIr Expertise In The Particular Topic That Is The Subject Of The Manuscript. These reviews are then carefully considered by the Editors. In order to review this large number of submitted manuscripts, in addition to our Editorial Board members, 302 individuals participated as reviewers for the Journal During The Past Year. The Editors would like to acknowledge all of the reviewers who have contributed to this process during that time, and whose efforts are so critical to making the Journal the outstanding scientific publication that it has become. This is a voluntary effort performed by individuals during their personal time to advance the discipline of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy. The quality and impact of any scientific journal is primarily dependent on the quality of its peer-review process. We have been extremely impressed by the quality and insightfulness of reviews performed for the Journal, which in many cases have substantially improved the quality of our published articles and, therefore, the overall quality of the Journal. The Editors express our sincerest thanks to all reviewers for theIr Contributions This Past Year. We are very grateful for the Contributions Of Our Two Associate Editors, Dr. Louis Messina, who acts as the primary editor for most basic research submissions, and Dr. Jan Blankensteijn, who acts as a clinical studies editor. Their efforts have ensured both the timeliness and quality of our review process, especially during this past year with the increased editorial workload. They each have contributed significantly to the success and quality of the Journal. We also want to express our sincerest appreciation to our four Assistant Editors who have also participated in the editorial leadership of the Journal. They have helped solicit, select, and write content for various sections of the Journal, including several new features introduced this year that have significantly broadened and enhanced the overall content and value of the Journal for our readership. We would like to thank Dr. James Jones for his contributions as Editor of the Ethics Section; Dr. Gregory Moneta for his efforts as Editor of the Abstracts Section; Dr. Thomas Forbes for his role in managing several new features including Vascular and Endovascular Techniques, Practice Management, Clinical Trials Update, and Expert Debates; and Dr. Richard Cambria for his management of the Review Article Section. We would also like to thank Dr. Sean Roddy who has taken over the CPT Advisor's Section, an important addition that was added to the Journal with the practicing vascular surgeon in mind. Each review received by the Editors is rated according to its quality, accuracy, insight, and helpfulness to both the authors of the submission reviewed and the Editors. Editorial Board members are selected on the basis of an objective evaluation of the quantity, quality, and timeliness of their reviews. Our goal is to include as many of our best reviewers as possible on the Editorial Board. Original manuscripts submitted to the Journal are reviewed by at least one member of the Editorial Board, who also submit invited commentaries and perform other duties for the Journal. During the past year, members of the Editorial Board each performed an average of 17 reviews and accounted for 32% of all the reviews that were done. The Editors would particularly like to recognize the following Editorial Board members who will be retiring from the Board after many years of valuable service and countless hours of unselfish work in this process. We would also like to welcome new members of the Editorial Board, selected according to the process described above, who will begin in January.Tabled 1CONTINUING BOARD MEMBERSRETIRING BOARD MEMBERSNEW BOARD MEMBERSGeorge AndrosRobert G. AtnipAhmed Abou-Zamzam Jr.Thomas BrothersMartin BackW. Darren ClouseRuth BushMichael BelkinPaul J. DiMuzioKeith CalligaroJeffrey P. CarpenterMaciej DryjskiRonald DalmanDaniel G. ClairMagruder C. DonaldsonAlan DardikPeter L. FariesTimothy F. KresowikHasan DosluogluWilliam C. MackeyFrank A. LederleJohn EidtJames F. McKinseyJ. Gregory ModrallJames FroehlichNicholas MorrisseyThomas F. O'DonnellRandloph GearyPeter NeglenTimothy A. ReschPeter HenkeRichard J. PowellLewis B. SchwartzGlenn JacobowitzWilliam JordanJeffrey KaufmanLois KillewichRalf KolvenbachGregory LandryMichael LillyBengt LindbladFedor LurieThomas LynchStuart MyersTodd RasmussenCaron RockmanAndre Van RijHazim SafiCarlos TimaranGerald TreimanGilbert UpchurchFred Weaver Open table in a new tab The Editors would also like to recognize a group of Distinguished Reviewers, who have performed at least seven reviews for the Journal During The Past Year And Who Have Consistently Performed High-quality And Timely Reviews. These individuals have collectively contributed 41% of the total reviews and represent ideal future candidates for the Editorial Board. We are very grateful for theIr Assistance and Their Outstanding Contribution To The Peer-review Process. Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam Jr. Ali F. AbuRahma Richard Amdur Niren Angle Joseph P. Archie Jeffrey L. Ballard Dennis F. Bandyk B. Timothy Baxter Jean-Pierre Becquemin Jacob Buth David Christopher Cassada Gregory Spicer Cherr Timothy A.M. Chuter G. Patrick Clagett W. Darrin Clouse Philip D. Coleridge-Smith Anthony J. Comerota Mark Frederick Conrad Michael S. Conte John D. Corson David L. Cull Michael C. Dalsing Mark G. Davies David L. Dawson Ellen Dillavou Paul J. DiMuzio Magruder C. Donaldson Maciej Lukasz Dryjski Matthew J. Eagleton James R. Elmore Eric David Endean Alik Farber William R. Flinn Thomas L. Forbes Spencer Galt Peter Gloviczki Linda Harris Dean A. Healy Norman R. Hertzer Thomas S. Huber Michael J.H.M. Jacobs Vikram S. Kashyap K. Craig Kent Timothy F. Kresowik Nicos Labropoulos Peter F. Lawrence Byung-Boong Lee Luis R. Leon Frank A. Lederle Thomas F. Lindsay Evan C. Lipsitz Frank W. LoGerfo Matthew Longo Michel S. Makaroun Edward Joseph Mascha James May George H. Meier Joseph L. Mills Ross Milner J. Gregory Modrall Gregory L. Moneta A. Ross Naylor Louis L. Nguyen Thomas F. O'Donnell Patrick J. O'Hara Takao Ohki Frank T. Padberg Marc A. Passman William C. Pevec Iraklis I. Pipinos Janet T. Powell William J. Quinones-Baldrich Timothy A. Resch David Andrew Rigberg Eva M. Rzucidlo Andres Schanzer Joseph R. Schneider Lewis B. Schwartz Benjamin Ware Starnes Lloyd M. Taylor R. James Valentine Paul S. van Bemmelen Jean-Paul de Vries Thomas W. Wakefield Daniel B. Walsh Wei Zhou Finally, the Editors would like to recognize many other individuals who performed at least one review for the Journal During The Past Year. In nearly all cases, these reviews were excellent, and theY Collectively Represented 27% Of All Reviews, emphasizing the importance of each individual reviewer to the peer-review process. We hope to expand the Role Of These Reviewers In The Future, and are very grateful for theIr Efforts This Year. Babak Abai Mark Adelman Mohan Adiseshiah James B. Alexander Yves S. Alimi Michael Allon Frank R. Arko Elias Arous Marvin Douglas Atkins Dittmar Bockler Hisham S. Bassiouny Frederick P. Beavers Fritz Bech Hugh G. Beebe Scott A. Berceli Thomas M. Bergamini David Bergqvist Scott S. Berman Daniel Joseph Bertges Martin Bjorck James Hamilton Black John Blebea Marc Bosiers Thomas C. Bower Bruce J. Brener David C. Brewster O. William Brown Kevin Guiver Burnand Neal Scott Cayne Rabih Antoine Chaer Elliot L. Chaikof James G. Chandler Kenneth J. Cherry Ian C. Chetter David K.W. Chew Claudio S. Cina Marc Coggia Hans Coveliers Bruce S. Cutler R. Clement Darling Daniel L. Davenport Pascal Desgranges Nicolas Diehm Robert S. Dieter Matthew J. Dougherty Audra A. Duncan Jonothan J. Earnshaw James M. Edwards Matthew S. Edwards Bo G. Eklof Sharif Hamed Ellozy Luke S. Erdoes Mohammad H. 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