The annual American Journal of Cardiology ( AJC ) editorial board meeting was held on March 15, 2015, at the time of the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology in San Diego, California. The major purposes of the meeting are to bring the board members up to date on activities during the previous year and to thank them for reviewing manuscripts. The meeting began with a discussion by the new publisher, Ms. Joan Anuels, who described several initiatives that Elsevier has introduced during the past year for many of the journals, including the AJC . Mr. Brian Jenkins, also of Elsevier, discussed some upcoming supplements planned for 2015. The following editorial matters were then discussed:

• 1)
  

  Introduction of new 2014 editorial board members ( Table 1 ). These new board members, most of whom I do not know personally, have been appointed to the board because of supplying excellent and timely reviews for the journal during recent times. We are always looking for good prompt reviewers so suggestions are always welcomed. The proven non-board reviewers are the obvious ones to replace “resting” board members, a number of whom were replaced in 2014.

  
  
  
  

  Table 1

  
  

  New board members 2014

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Olivier François Bertrand	Danny Chu
  Eugene H. Chung	Fabrizio D’Ascenzo
  Roberto Elosua	Dmitriy N. Feldman
  Gemma Figtree	Akira Fujiki
  Philip Green	Matthew E. Harinstein
  Thomas Kahan	Tomoko Sugiyama Kato
  Malte Kelm	Miklos David Kertai
  Alexander Mazur	Robert John Mentz
  Roger M. Mills	Gjin Ndrepepa
  Giampaolo Niccoli	Parin J. Patel
  Augusto Pichard	Fadi N. Salloum

   
  
  
  
  
• 2)
  

  AJC board members reviewing the most manuscripts in 2014 ( Table 2 ). These board members will receive a certificate from the publisher indicating their top performance during 2014.

  
  
  
  

  Table 2

  
  

  Top AJC Board Reviewers in 2014

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Monty M. Bodenheimer	James C. Blankenship
  Akira Fujiki	Matthew E. Harinstein
  Malte Kelm	Lars Berglund
  Danny Chu	Eugene H. Chung
  Marc Cohen	Fabrizio D’Ascenzo
  Stephen P. Glasser	Donald Carey Harrison
  Tomoko Sugiyama Kato	Roger M. Mills
  Gjin Ndrepepa

   
  
  
  
  
• 3)
  

  Manuscripts submitted to the AJC in 2014 . A total of 3,057 manuscripts were submitted in 2014: 14 were withdrawn and a total of 670 (22%) were accepted. Of the 3,036 submitted and not withdrawn, 930 came from the USA and 356 (38%) were accepted; 2,106 were submitted from non-USA countries and 314 (15%) were accepted. The non-USA countries submitting the most manuscripts in 2014 were China (382), Japan (258), Italy (251), Turkey (113), Korea (107), Spain (86), Canada (76), France (72), Germany (70), United Kingdom (62), Israel (59), and The Netherlands (59). Fifty-one other countries submitted a total of 511 manuscripts. The acceptance rate among them ranged from 0% to 45%.

  
  
• 4)
  

  Numbers of manuscripts submitted and published in the AJC 1983-2014 (32 years) during the present editorship ( Table 3 ). During these 32 full years 69,640 manuscripts were submitted and 22,191 were accepted. The acceptance rate has declined significantly in recent years. The reason the acceptance rate is as high as it is is because most manuscripts are shortened considerably and therefore space exists to publish more manuscripts. Subheadings, for example, are not used in the methods, results and discussion portions, and that saves space, and references, except in reviews, are limited to no more than 30. The AJC publishes more manuscripts each year than any other cardiology journal in the world.

  
  
  
  

  Table 3

  
  

  Number of manuscripts submitted and published in the AJC (1983-2014) (32 Years)

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Year	Number of Manuscripts Submitted	Number 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%
  2010	2,893	684	24%
  2011	2,951	702	24%
  2012	2,713	685	25%
  2013	2,904	665	23%
  2014	3,057 (5%↑)	670	22%
  Total	69,640	22,191	32%

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