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2009. Where did it go? With this, Issue 6 of 2009, I am pleased to report that I believe that IJT is flourishing, in terms of the robust number of submissions, the publication of a nice body of manuscripts this year, as well as the dedication and enthusiasm of our Associate Editors, Editorial Board, Publications Committee, and reviewers.
In preparing for a recent American College of Toxicology (ACT) Council meeting, I went through each submission for the calendar year 2009 to identify where our submissions are coming from. I certainly knew that I had seen a lot of manuscripts from a lot of countries, but the numbers surprised even me! As of late September, 2009, we had >180 regular manuscript submissions from 31 countries! I thought that readers would be interested to see this distribution, so I present here (Figure 1) the countries from which we have received at least 5 submissions (ie, the country of the corresponding authors). IJT really IS an international journal!
2009 Submissions to IJT, based on address of corresponding author. Over 180 regular manuscript submissions had been received from 31 countries as of late September. This graph shows countries from which five or more submissions have been received.
For those readers who did not attend the ACT Annual Meeting in November, I am pleased to announce the winners of the President’s Award for the Best Paper in IJT. This award is sponsored by our publisher, SAGE. This year’s winning paper, selected by the Publications Committee and several volunteers, is entitled “Alternative Strategies for Toxicity Testing of Species-Specific Biopharmaceuticals” authored by Jeanine L. Bussiere, Pauline Martin, Michelle Horner, Jessica Couch, Meghan Flaherty, Laura Andrews, Joseph Beyer, and Christopher Horvath. Congratulations! For those who have not read this paper, turn to Issue 28(3), pages 230-253. Thank you, authors, for submitting this fine paper to IJT!
Finally, I would like to acknowledge several additions/changes to the Editorial Board. Dr. George Dearlove, a member of my original Editorial Board member, has accepted my invitation to join the ranks of my Associate Editors, focusing primarily on developmental and reproductive toxicology manuscripts. In addition, Dr. Dale Baker has stepped forward to join the Editorial Board. Dr. Baker brings an extremely broad range of toxicology experience with him, ranging from veterinary pathology to supervision of preclinical studies enabling IND and NDA submissions. Thanks to you both—I will keep you busy!
I am very grateful for everyone who has assisted me in any way in my first year as your Editor-in-Chief. Now that I have figured out the essential tasks required to keep things moving forward, I am open to suggestions to improve our efforts to sponsor, support, and publish our official Journal. Please do not hesitate to contact me with your ideas and suggestions to improve IJT!
Happy Holidays, and I look forward to a productive and scientifically-stimulating 2010!
Sincerely,