© 2004 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & European League Against Rheumatism
EDITORIAL
Online publication
ARD launches an advanced online publication programme
Selected papers will be published within days of acceptance
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ARD Online First is an exciting innovation that will allow publication of selected articles within days of acceptance, and therefore months before they appear in the print version of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. From February 2004 selected articles will appear in the raw manuscript form (not edited or typeset) in a new section on the ARD website (http://www.annrheumdis.com) indicated by the Online First logo (fig 1
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[in a new window] Figure 1 ARD Online First logo.
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Most medical journals have considerable delays between manuscript acceptance and publication in print, sometimes longer than a year. For practical reasons, at least some of this delay is unavoidable. However, we all agree that important clinical and scientific data should be available as soon as possible, especially where the information may impact clinical care. Advanced online publication goes some way towards meeting this need.
During the initial phase, we (the editorial
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