The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82:1371 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
The eJBJS (www.jbjs.org)
Robert Poss, M.D., Deputy Editor for Electronic Media and
James D. Heckman, M.D., Editor-in-Chief
The new leadership of The Journal has been
confronted with a formidable challenge as well as an opportunity.
The rapid advent of the electronic age has shaken the foundations
of the publishing industry and left all in a quandary, trying to
identify strategies to survive and perhaps to thrive in a new paradigm
where the dissemination of bountiful information is cheap, while
the delivery of high-quality peer-reviewed knowledge remains expensive.
The Journal's crown jewels are its reputation
for integrity and its content. These jewels remain untarnished because authors
seek to send their most important work to The Journal and
a rigorous peer-review process by the best minds in our profession
further distills the information and clarifies its meaning. We at The
Journal will continue to carry out its primary mission
- presenting the most important new scientific knowledge to the
orthopaedic community - but we recognize that without further innovations
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J. Bone Joint Surg. Am.,
November 1, 2000;
82(11):
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