Year: 2008
Type: editorial
Abstract: This supplement issue celebrates the 51st year of Arthritis & Rheumatism (A&R).*Here we present historical commentary and predictions by former editors, by the president of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), by rheumatologists from other nations, by young investigators, and by nonmedical observers of our world.Also, we republish historically important papers chosen by our former editors.These articles and this editorial constitute the first attempt to think once again about A&R's mission in order to plan for its future.What follows is not new policy but a setting down of ideas in order to open a dialogue.The process of publishing a medical/scientific article has, for the past 50 years, been stable and well understood.In the next 50 years the interconnected, electronic world will force change.The old process is this: authors, on their own initiatives, submit original work; editors ask independent reviewers to critique the work and to make recommendations; the editors evaluate the recommendations and decide to reject,
Source: Arthritis & Rheumatism
DOI: 10.1002/art.22961
Author: Michael D. Lockshin
Institution: Hospital for Special Surgery
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2095896452