The journal clinical anatomy publishes fast!

Abstract

Clinical Anatomy has moved toward an expedited review process with editors and reviewers who are dedicated to reviewing submissions in a felicitous time frame. Such an expedited process allows authors to see their studies cited online quickly and allows interested readers to access these studies. Additionally, in the current citation driven and “publish or perish” world of academics, authors can now expect to have their submitted work, if accepted, published sometimes, within one month after submission. Moreover, papers that are not accepted for publication can be reworked by the authors based on the criticisms of the review process and quickly submitted elsewhere and therefore not smolder in peer review for months. Currently, our time from acceptance until an author's paper can be found on our Early View site is less than two weeks. Our average time from submission of your paper until a decision is made is currently 12 days. However, the onus here is on the author to return a revised manuscript in a timely manner. The editors of the Journal stress to authors to have their submissions as “primed” as possible. For example, details such as formatting or grammatical issues will result in a slower turn around time for a decision. Authors are advised to submit their strongest work that has been finely tuned and edited. Such papers will obviously have a better chance of acceptance and will traverse the peer-review process more quickly. In the end, the goal of Clinical Anatomy is to disseminate cutting edge discoveries in the anatomical sciences to the scientific community so that ultimately, these findings can lead to improved patient care-this is the heart of “clinical anatomy.” Moreover, the Journal desires to put the most updated and current teaching modalities and studies in the hands of our readers as quickly as possible so that these methods and new knowledge can be implemented in the classroom today and not tomorrow! With this said, it is my pleasure to introduce to you our first issue of 2015. In this Special Issue, we explore the anatomy, pathology, and imaging of the spinal cord and various peripheral nerves. The clinical anatomy of the spinal cord is often underrepresented in the clinical anatomy literature and with this Special Issue, we attempt to rectify this.