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The British Orthoptic Society published the first British Orthoptic Journal in 1939, the second appeared in 1944 then, with the exception of 1946, annually. In the first copy of the British Orthoptic Journal the editorial outlines the events leading up to the formation of the British Orthoptic Society, and this and the subsequent history of the Society is described in the 1987 editorial, the year of the Society’s Golden Jubilee. In the president’s letter published in that first edition, Mary Maddox wrote: ‘This journal will afford a method of recording the progress of orthoptics.

The Review Process in Economics: Is it Too Fast?

Rewards for publications in good economics journals are very high, while submission fees and other monetary costs associated with submitting an existing manuscript are low. Consequently, the editorial delay (especially the first response time – the time until the first editorial decision), by postponing monetary rewards to publication, constitutes the major submission cost (from the author’s perspective). Reducing the delay will induce many additional submissions of low-quality papers to good journals, increasing significantly the workload of editors and referees. Moreover, the rejection rate will increase and cause papers to be rejected more times prior to publication, offsetting at least some of the shorter first response times. As a result, the efforts of many editors to reduce the editorial delay, while attracting more submissions to their journals, may have adverse effects from a social perspective, and the optimal delay might be longer than the current average of four months.Review process, refereeing, publishing, academia, research, first response times, academic review process

Astronomy and Computing: a New Journal for the Astronomical Computing Community

We introduce \emph{Astronomy and Computing}, a new journal for the growing population of people working in the domain where astronomy overlaps with computer science and information technology. The journal aims to provide a new communication channel within that community, which is not well served by current journals, and to help secure recognition of its true importance within modern astronomy. In this inaugural editorial, we describe the rationale for creating the journal, outline its scope and ambitions, and seek input from the community in defining in detail how the journal should work towards its high-level goals.Comment: 5 pages, no figures; editorial for first edition of journa

Methodology in our madness

It is a great pleasure to present the first issue of a new journal. However, the more sceptical reader might wonder whether yet another new journal is really needed. In this editorial we attempt to justify our self-indulgence and to set out our vision for Survey Research Methods

The Official Student Newspaper of UAS

Editorial / Whalesong Staff -- Study Abroad: Seville, Spain -- UAS In Brief / Alt-Textbooks at UAS -- Git Hayetsk First Performance in Juneau at UAS -- Developmental Classes Endemic / Interview with Alfie Price -- Cutting a Rug for a Cause -- College of Education on the Horizon -- Bloody April -- "Power Rangers:" Same Cheese, Different Decade -- Lt. Kris Sell on the Year of Kindness -- Calendar and Comics

Comments from the Guest Editor

I want to take this opportunity to share some thoughts with the readers of Explorations about the association and the journal. The new editorial staff is in the process of making several significant changes in format as well as content of the publications. The first new beginning is a new logo, a logo which has as its central symbol the character meaning the source

Arnold’s Treason: The French Connection

This paper speculates on Benedict Arnold\u27s hatred of the French as a cause of his treason. It includes the text of Arnold\u27s Proclamation ... To all the officers and soldiers of the continental army which is presented as an apologia for his treason. It also includes an editorial comment from the first issue of the Gazette Francoise published in Newport, RI by the French navy