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Introduction of new editorial board members: these are listed in Table 1
Table 1
New Board Members in 2009
Jack P. Chen
Jean-Pierre Després
Allen L. Dollar
S. David Gertz
Greg L. Kaluza
Ellen C. Keeley
Lynda E. Rosenfeld
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AJC board members reviewing the most manuscripts in 2009: their names are listed in Table 2 .
Table 2
Top American Journal of Cardiology board reviewers in 2009
Name
No. Reviewed
Toby R. Engel
10
Antonio Abbate
9
Ami E. Iskandrian
9
Gregory Y. H. Lip
9
Myrvin H. Ellestad
8
Stephen P. Glasser
8
Monty M. Bodenheimer
8
Carl J. Lavie
8
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Numbers of manuscripts submitted, withdrawn, accepted, and refused in 2009: 2,878 manuscripts were received in 2009 (excluding readers’ comments); 728 (25%) were accepted, 2,136 (75%) were refused, and 14 (<1%) were withdrawn. The number of manuscripts received in 2009 represented a 1% decrease from the number received in 2008.
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Numbers of manuscripts submitted and published or accepted (excluding readers’ comments) in the AJC for 1983 to 2009, the period of the present editorship ( Table 3 ): the major reason the acceptance rate was in the mid-20s was that most of the manuscripts published were shortened considerably, allowing space for more reports.
Table 3
Numbers of manuscripts submitted and published, 1983 to 2009
Year
No. of Manuscripts Submitted
No. of Manuscripts Published or Accepted
Percentage 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
3,061
653
21%
2007
3,184
710
22%
2008
2,888
709
25%
2009
2,864
728
25% 
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