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Editorial
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  1. Tore K Kvien
  1. Correspondence to Professor Tore K Kvien, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Vindern, N-0319 Oslo, Norway; t.k.kvien{at}medisin.uio.no

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212235

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    I am grateful for the opportunity to be Editor in Chief for Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (ARD) since 1st of April 2008. I was fortunate to succeed Professor Leo van de Putte who had been the successful Editor of this European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) journal since 1999.1 Importantly, he was my teacher when I started.2 Editorial responsibility for a leading scientific journal means that you need to cover a broad area, that is, research work from ‘bench to bedside’. My first step was actually to identify weaknesses in my own knowledge and invite experts in these areas as associate editors or editorial board members to fill these gaps of knowledge. These colleagues have all been extremely important for the increasing success of ARD during the …

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