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Editor's Message

It is now July 1st, and a new and enthusiastic editorial team is in place ready to take the reins of the journal. It's hard to believe that it has been six years since Pontus Persson started as Editor. We offer Pontus and his editorial team our heartfelt thanks and congratulations on a job extremely well done.  They leave the journal in great shape and have set a very high standard for us.

As Dr. Persson has communicated to you previously, the 2005 impact factor for the journal was slightly above 3.8. The impact factor for 2006 hovers near 3.7, so it looks as if we have reached a steady state. Although I would love to tell you that the new editorial team pledges to continue the upward growth of the impact factor, it is important to be cautious in placing too much emphasis on that single measure of success. As you know, some journals publish papers specifically designed to do little more than increase the impact factor. Instead, as outlined in my editorial published in the July issue of the journal, we pledge to publish and highlight the most significant research in integrative physiology focusing on regulatory pathways and physiological mechanisms. Toward increasing our impact, we will guide publication decisions not only by whether a study was well performed but also by its physiological significance. We ask authors to comment on the significance of their work in a "Perspectives" or "Significance" section at the end of the discussion, and will be querying our reviewers to comment on the significance of the work. Ensuring significant science is published will, in the end, improve the impact of the journal.

We will continue the successful Call for Papers program and have extended the call entitled "Control Mechanisms of Renin Synthesis and Release:  A 21st Century Perspective" to December 31. The other current call, "Insulin Resistance and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome: Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Factors" continues until October 1. We are working on developing a new call for papers on the neural control of cardiovascular function and hope to have it ready for release shortly. We will also release several new Calls for Papers in January 2008. The editorial team welcomes your suggestions. Please e-mail them to our University of Iowa editorial office at AJP-Regulatory@uiowa.edu. Indeed, we would appreciate any suggestions you have for review articles, tutorials or other special sections.

Finally, I also want to take this opportunity to introduce Vickie Akers, the new Editorial Manager of AJP - Regulatory. She will be monitoring the journal's e-mail address and the online submission and review system, and will take your phone calls at 319-384-2857. Vickie will be keeping a vigilant eye on the editor, associate editors and reviewers to ensure papers are reviewed in a timely way. So if your review is tardy, you may get a gentle nudge from Vickie.

I am energized by the prospect of future associations with the editorial team, members of the editorial board, reviewers, and authors. I  will take this opportunity to thank you all, in advance, for your valuable efforts on behalf of the journal.

With my very best regards,

Curt D. Sigmund, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Iowa

 

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