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Gut 2005;54:1667
Copyright © 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Society of Gastroenterology.

EDITORIAL

How Gut handles your manuscript

Robin Spiller

Editor

Keywords: editorial; review; publication

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

The editorial team in Gut are determined, on behalf of their readers, to attract the very best original research, the results of which will influence clinical practice in the immediate and medium term. With this in mind, we have embarked on a series of changes designed to encourage authors to consider Gut as the best vehicle for disseminating their original ideas.

Three years ago we converted to an all electronic submission process which has markedly speeded up the submission and review process. One unintended result has been to also increase the number of submissions substantially, meaning that the proportion of acceptances has fallen to around 1 in 6. Regrettably, many authors must be disappointed. However, on the plus side, this means we have some excellent manuscripts to consider.

Once manuscripts are uploaded, they are all seen by the Editor after submission on a daily basis and, providing they seem suitable, . . . [Full text of this article]


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