From the Editor
Usually the editorial board of The American Journal of Cardiology (AJC) meets at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology which takes place usually in March of each year. The 2020 meeting was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the following data summarize the journal's performance in 2019:
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The top AJC reviewers for the year 2019 is displayed in Table 1 .
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The number of manuscripts submitted to the AJC in 2019 and the number accepted and declined is shown in Table 2 . Of 3,329 manuscripts submitted in 2019, 562 (17%) were accepted and 2,767 (83%) were declined. Thus, an average of 64 manuscripts were submitted to the AJC each week in 2919.
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The number of manuscripts submitted and accepted in the AJC from 1983 through 2019 (37 years) during the present editorship is displayed in Table 3 . The number of manuscripts submitted each year is being purposely decreased. I am trying hard to limit the number of manuscripts accepted each week to no more than 10 (excludes Reader's Comments).
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The number of editorial pages, types of articles, and topics of articles published in the AJC in 2019 is summarized in Table 4 . The publisher provided 3,891 editorial pages for 2019, a generous number. During that year, 573 articles were published. Additionally, 42 Reader's Comments were published. Miscellaneous articles include, for example, those on the aorta, pulmonary circuit, and systemic diseases where the focus is on the heart.
Table 1.
Top board reviewers (top 12%) (among 179) for the AJC in 2019
| Name | Manuscripts reviewed |
|---|---|
| Danny Chu | 12 |
| Gregory Lip | 10 |
| Pablo Avanzas | 10 |
| Natale Daniel Brunetti | 9 |
| Raymond McKay | 9 |
| James Vacek | 8 |
| Charles Maynard | 8 |
| Bharat K. Kantharia | 8 |
| Johnson Francis | 8 |
| Victoria Delgado | 8 |
| Todd M. Brown | 8 |
| Eric R. Bates | 8 |
| Toby Ross Engel | 7 |
| James Blankenship | 7 |
| Martin A. Alpert | 7 |
| Christopher Hansen | 7 |
| Akira Fijiki | 7 |
| Jerome Fleg | 7 |
| Louis H. Stein | 6 |
| R. Thomas Collins II | 6 |
| Marc Cohen | 6 |
| Hugh D. Allen | 6 |
Table 2.
Manuscripts submitted to the AJC in 2019
| Total submitted | 3,329 * |
|---|---|
| Accepted | 562 (17%) |
| Declined | 2,767 (83%) |
Excludes 98 Reader's Comments submitted in 2019 of which 42 (43%) were accepted.
Table 3.
Number of manuscripts submitted and accepted in the AJC from 1983 through 2019 (36 years; during the present editorship)*
| Year | Number submitted | Number accepted | Percent accepted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1,234 | 643 | 52% |
| 1984 | 1,605 | 747 | 46% |
| 1985 | 1,707 | 645 | 38% |
| 1986 | 1,574 | 616 | 39% |
| 1987 | 1,525 | 695 | 46% |
| 1988 | 1,496 | 636 | 42% |
| 1989 | 1,740 | 699 | 40% |
| 1990 | 1,717 | 662 | 38% |
| 1991 | 1,615 | 680 | 42% |
| 1992 | 1,873 | 664 | 35% |
| 1993 | 1,997 | 619 | 31% |
| 1994 | 1,783 | 604 | 34% |
| 1995 | 1,844 | 668 | 36% |
| 1996 | 1,930 | 701 | 36% |
| 1997 | 1,898 | 768 | 40% |
| 1998 | 1,992 | 631 | 31% |
| 1999 | 2,170 | 703 | 32% |
| 2000 | 2,226 | 630 | 28% |
| 2001 | 2,068 | 682 | 33% |
| 2002 | 2,171 | 683 | 31% |
| 2003 | 2,190 | 783 | 36% |
| 2004 | 2,109 | 842 | 39% |
| 2005 | 2,661 | 984 | 37% |
| 2006 | 3,016 | 653 | 21% |
| 2007 | 3,184 | 710 | 22% |
| 2008 | 2,888 | 709 | 25% |
| 2009 | 2,864 | 728 | 25% |
| 2010 | 2,893 | 684 | 24% |
| 2011 | 2,951 | 702 | 24% |
| 2012 | 2,713 | 685 | 25% |
| 2013 | 2,904 | 665 | 23% |
| 2014 | 3,057 | 670 | 22% |
| 2015 | 3,147 | 660 | 21% |
| 2016 | 3,198 | 658 | 21% |
| 2017 | 3,360 | 648 | 19% |
| 2018 | 3,479 | 624 | 19% |
| 2019 | 3,329 | 562 | 17% |
| Total | 86,109 | 25,344 | 29% |
Excludes Readers’ Comments.
Table 4.
Total number of pages, types, and topics of articles published in the AJC in 2019
| EDITORIAL PAGES | 3,891 |
|---|---|
| Articles | 3,735 (96%) |
| Staff and Editorial Board | 48 (1%) |
| Table of Contents | 66 (1.7%) |
| Readers’ Comments (total) [replies] | 42 (38) [0] (1%) |
| TYPES OF ARTICLES - TOTAL | 573 |
| Multi-patient studies | 532 |
| Case Reports | 4 |
| Electrocardiographic Reports | 6 |
| Editorials | 6 |
| From-the-Editor Columns | 2 |
| Historic Studies | 5 |
| Reviews | 18 |
| TOPICS OF ARTICLES – TOTAL | 573 |
| Coronary Artery Disease | 165 |
| Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances | 71 |
| Valvular Heart Disease | 91 |
| Heart Failure | 63 |
| Miscellaneous (+1 interview) | 75 |
| Preventative Cardiology | 32 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 28 |
| Cardiomyopathy | 34 |
| Systemic Hypertension | 8 |
| Historical Studies | 5 |
Thus, the year 2019 was a successful one for this journal.