© 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Thoracic Society
EDITORIAL
Online First
Online First in Thorax
Thorax Editorial Office, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor J A Wedzicha
Thorax Editorial Office, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, UK; j.a.wedzicha@qmul.ac.uk
Keywords: Online First; Thorax
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We are pleased to announce that Thorax is about to start posting all original articles on its website in an Online First section (http://www.thoraxjnl.com) shortly after acceptance and before the papers are published in the print version of the journal. Although the time from acceptance to publication in Thorax is relatively short, this initiative is a welcome contribution. An Online First programme was introduced by the British Medical Journal in December 2003,1 followed by other specialist journals from the BMJ Publishing Group.2 All original articles have also been posted early after acceptance by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine for some time.3
Authors want their research studies to be published as soon as possible after acceptance so that their important scientific and clinical findings can be cited and incorporated into practice. However, there are inevitable delays between acceptance of an article and its
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