The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 85, No. 1 3-4
Copyright © 2000 by The Endocrine Society
Editorial: A New Look for a New Millennium
John P. Bilezikian, M.D.
Editor-in-Chief
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With this issue of The Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism we enter the new millennium and a
change in leadership of the JCEM. Over the past 6 years, Dr.
Maria New has led the JCEM to new heights. She has been
attentive to the changing nature of our field, creating forums for
lively discussion of timely topics. She has nurtured the
JCEM to greater clinical relevance by highlighting articles
of particular relevance to practicing endocrinologists without
diminishing in any way the role of the journal in publishing basic
scientific observations that relate to human endocrine disorders. She
has given proper credit to the Clinical Research Center as a major site
of human investigation in the United States. She has reduced the
"time in review" and has overseen Citation Index Ratings that have
steadily and impressively risen to record levels. In short, Dr. New and
her team have taken an outstanding journal and made it even better.
Congratulations to Maria, to Elizabeth Kitzinger, the
JCEM’s remarkable managing editor, to the Associate
Editors, the Editorial Board, and to other valued reviewers of the
journal, as well as to all of you who regularly submit your best work
to us. We move on with a legacy that inspires me to build on this
momentum.
The JCEM has been given a new look with a cover that harkens
back to the classical colors of earlier regimes but forward with a more
modern design. It symbolizes a future that will be in tune with the
fast pace of our field and thus bridges what we have been to what we
will be. Similarly, the Table of Contents is new. The emphasis on
articles of particular clinical relevance will be maintained but the
format is different, with a new approach to gaining your attention. All
such articles will continue to be "front-loaded" (at the beginning
of issues) with gray edging at the upper third of the open spine for
easy detection. The Instructions to Authors of all The Endocrine
Society journals have been changed to be more consistent with each
other and with new policies. You should refer to the new Instructions
to Authors for 2000 when you plan to submit your work to
JCEM.
The JCEM will continue to strive for publishing excellence
in all areas of endocrinology. Our goal is for every endocrinologist in
the world to consider the journal mandatory monthly reading. You will
not be able to let a month go by without knowing what is in
JCEM. We hope to accomplish this lofty goal by continuing to
attract your best work because the ultimate quality of any journal is
defined by the quality of the work it publishes. The JCEM is
constrained by space, and the rejection rate is unlikely to change.
This is the hallmark of a competitive journal and should not dissuade
you from submitting your best work.
We will continue our policy of rapid review with a desirably short
turnaround time. We will continue the popular Clinical
Reviews and Therapeutic Controversies. Editorials will
still accompany articles that are timely and of special interest. In
addition, we are adding two new features: Clinical Problem
Solving and Genetic Basis of Endocrine Diseases. Clinical
Problem Solving will explore a timely issue in patient diagnosis
or management from the eyes of an expert who regularly deals with that
problem. The category Genetic Basis of Endocrine Diseases
acknowledges that we have gained insight into the genetic underpinnings
of an increasing large number of endocrine diseases. Even greater
understanding at this level is literally around the proverbial corner.
It is important for the clinical endocrinologist to be aware of
breakthroughs in this field not only for the sake of knowledge but also
because these advances may well have practical implications. You, the
readers, are encouraged to submit your ideas for any of the featured
categories that regularly appear in the JCEM. We also
encourage you to continue to respond to articles by Letters to the
Editor, an important forum for lively dialogue among the readership and
the authors.
The JCEM is an international journal, a point well
documented by the large number of papers submitted by and published
from investigators around the world. We will endeavor to give the
journal this international "feel" by appropriate commentary and by
direct comparisons of views that may differ from country to country.
This comment acnowledges room for discussion and controversy about how
a similar disorder is handled, without any preconceived judgements
about whether one view is necessarily better than another one. Such
perspectives will enhance the global understanding of endocrinological
diseases.
I am delighted to announce a team of 10 outstanding Associate Editors
who will be serving JCEM with me: Andrew Arnold (University
of Connecticut), Beverly Biller (Harvard), David Cooper (Johns
Hopkins), Jeffrey Flier (Harvard), Barry Goldstein (Jefferson), Janet
Hall (Harvard), Bob Kreisberg (Alabama), Paul Ladenson (Johns Hopkins),
Sharon Oberfield (Columbia), and Elizabeth Shane (Columbia). The
new administrative staff of the JCEM are Patricia A. Meravy,
Managing Editor; and Gabrielle Maloney, Maria I. Valiente, and Carol
Luckett-Carroll, Editorial Assistants. We will all do our best to make
you proud of your journal. This is your journal, and you have entrusted
it to our leadership for only a very short period. We will need your
help with your best papers, with your regular reading of the journal,
and with your feedback. In turn, we will be responsive and
constructive. If we all continue to work together, the JCEM
is destined to become the very best it can be.
