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This year is our birthday—ADC is 80 years old. As Bernard Valman writes in his piece "Revelations of an insider: ADC 1926–2006" ADC was launched by the British Medical Association as its first house specialist journal in 1926. He explores the history of the journal, particularly since 1982 when he was appointed co-editor with Professor Roy Meadow. He comments on important issues, including changing technology, finances, content, and achievements and challenges. He adds a wonderful list of articles, drawn from our archives that reflect important contributions to the medical literature over eight decades.
What of the future? A few years back we wondered if most medical journals would survive—although I suspect that some may become entirely electronic or become extinct, based upon virtually every indicator, ADC is thriving. Circulation, submissions, impact factor and downloads from the Internet have increased. In addition, journals that are the official representative of a
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