Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: By my estimate this is the 26th Preface that I have written for Hemodialysis International since becoming its editor-in-chief in 2009 and it will be the last as I am retiring from that position after July 1, 2015. It has been a very interesting position to hold and having retired from practice a number of years ago I have had a source to learn of many of the interesting new developments over these recent years. Envoi is a term originally from middle French and describes concluding remarks to a poem, essay, or book. This is mine. I have enjoyed my position and would like to take this opportunity to thank the Editors of Hemodialysis International and the Editorial Board for their patience and support. In particular, I would like to thank Dr. Madhukar Misra, current president of the International Society for Hemodialysis and Dr. Todd Ing. I would also like to thank the many reviewers who have helped me over the last 6 years. Dr. John Daugirdas will be taking over as editor-in-chief after this July issue and I wish him every success. I would also like to thank the staff of Wiley, and particularly the several different Production Editors who have helped me so much over the years. I have had a great experience. It's with great honor and eager anticipation that I take the reins of the chief editorship of Hemodialysis International from Dr. Chris Blagg. During his tenure as Chief Editor from January of 2009, Dr. Blagg fashioned this ISHD journal into both an interesting read, and a repository for clinical articles that are of great utility and interest to clinicians caring for dialysis patients. What changes can readers anticipate in the year to come? Initially, not many, as the backlog of accepted articles works its way through the system. We have instituted a screening process for submitted articles, where articles that may be scientifically very rigorous and praiseworthy, but which don't fit with the HDI's emphasis, will now be triaged out, allowing the authors to quickly resubmit them to other journals. When considering articles for publication in HDI, the question we will ask is: how useful and interesting would this article be to a clinician caring for dialysis patients? Otherwise excellent articles describing the association of some mediator with other mediators, or with patient characteristics where there is no clear clinical message, may not make it through triage. Similarly, even outstanding articles reporting on meta-analyses or analyses of large databases, where the findings don't have a clear clinical impact, also may not be considered for review, despite their scientific bona fides. It's most gratifying to see more and more excellent articles being prepared by nephrologists in Asia and the Middle East, but this also has led to a leveling of the playing field between the developing and developed world in terms of criteria for article acceptance, as the number of articles being submitted has increased dramatically. We very much want to maintain the ISHD's emphasis on home hemodialysis, and articles in this topic area will get preferential treatment as they fall in a key focus area of the Society. We also plan to publish more invited reviews on topics that are bubbling at the moment, and even to invite original papers on these topics. I'm very much looking forward to working with other members of the International Society for Hemodialysis to further develop and expand this wonderful journal.
Source: Hemodialysis International
DOI: 10.1111/hdi.12328
Authors: Christopher R. Blagg, John T. Daugirdas
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2159550219