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ADC – HOW ARE WE DOING?
As promised in March of 2004, my intent is to provide an annual update about ADC. In 2004 we had 1695 submissions—a decline of about 4% from last year. In some regards this has allowed us to catch our breath. Overall submissions have increased dramatically since 2000 when we had about 1200. Over the past 3 years we have become much more selective—our acceptance rate has declined from 39% to 30% to 22%. This has led to the publication of higher quality original research reports. The number of manuscripts we published in 2004 was about the same as 2003, reflecting an active commissioning process. Although we saw a dip in our impact factor from 2.1 to 1.7, we continue to reach a larger and larger audience. Circulation reached almost 12 000 print and online subscriptions. During the last 3 months of 2004, there were about 50 000 papers downloaded from our website and over 100 000 individuals accessed it each month! From a publishing standpoint, under the leadership of Ieuan Hughes (Perspectives) and Patrick Cartlidge (Commissioning …
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