Proceedings of the Editorial Board Meeting of The American Journal of Cardiology on March 14, 2010







The 2010 meeting of the editorial board of The American Journal of Cardiology (AJC) was held on March 14, 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the time of the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology. The meeting’s purpose was to review the AJC’s publication results for 2009, to recognize, in particular, those AJC board members who had reviewed the most manuscripts in 2009, and to receive criticisms and suggestions from board members on how to improve the journal. The meeting went as follows:

  • 1

    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


  • 2

    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


  • 3

    Numbers of manuscripts submitted, withdrawn, accepted, and refused in 2009: 2,878 manuscripts were received in 2009 (excluding readers’ comments); 728 (25%) were accepted, 2,136 (75%) were refused, and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1%) were withdrawn.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.


  • 4

    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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