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Makes journal more accessible to authors and readers
Dramatic changes have taken place at the British Journal of Ophthalmology over the past 6 months. Most readers have probably not noticed. However, all of our loyal reviewers and authors could not fail to do so. As of May 2002 the journal is now “all online”—for manuscript submission and review. We no longer process hard copy manuscripts in the review process. For most of our authors and reviewers this new “online” system has functioned smoothly and we have received many favourable comments about it. Regrettably, not all of our authors and reviewers have found the new system to their liking.
Why have we opted to go to an online submission and review process for manuscripts? First and foremost, when the system is fully established (with a few additional …