Siriwardena, A. Niroshan

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EditorialQuality in Primary Care in 2007A Niroshan Siriwardena MMedSci PhD FRCGPFoundation Professor of Primary Care, School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, UKLast year I ended on a promise to develop the journalfurther with the help of the editorial board, the journaloﬃce and the publisher. This year has seen a furtherincrease in the number and quality of contributions tothe journal and, as a result, a move from four to sixissues.This has of course meant more work for peerreviewers and I would like to personally acknowledgeand thank all our authors and reviewers for their workand commitment throughout this year and to say thatwe look forward to their ongoing support in 2008. Afull list of peer reviewers is included below.We are fortunate to have a strong and activeeditorial and international editorial advisory board.This yearwe are delighted towelcomeProfessorChristosLionis, University of Crete, Dr Paul Milne, Universityof Central Lancashire and ProfessorNicholas Glasgowfrom the Australian Primary Health Care ResearchInstitute of the Australian National University to ourboard.Members of the editorial board have providedinvaluable support to the journal. This year we havehad two special editions of the journal which wereedited by members of the editorial board includingPatient perspectives on quality in primary care (GuestEditor: Patricia Wilkie) and Commissioning for qual-ity improvement (Guest Editor: Steve Gillam). Nextyear further special issues are planned on Developmentof nursing practice and scope, Professional regulationand Educational interventions for quality improve-ment.In addition to our aﬃliation to the United KingdomPrimary Care Research Organisations and the NorthAmerican Primary Care Research Group, we have in2007 also become aﬃliated to the International Fed-eration of Primary Care Research Networks, and theAustralian Primary Health Care Research Institute.I believe that these associations will help supportinternational dialogue in this important and growingarea of primary care and maintain the future devel-opment of quality improvement science and research.Most published papers in Quality in Primary Care in2007 were research papers or short reports (45), butdiscussion papers (12), articles on quality improvementor clinical governance in action (7), and internationalexchange (3) continue to feature.We also have regulareditorials or guest editorials (22) and features such asKnowledgeshare articles (6) and Quality digest (8).We have received over 80 submissions over the pastyear, with 12% of these coming from countries otherthan the UK, US and Canada, mainland Europe,Australia and Asia. Of those articles that we receivedover the previous 12 months, excluding commissionedarticles and editorials, around 50% were accepted oraccepted subject to revision.Performance ﬁgures, which have been publishedannually in Quality in Primary Care since 2006 haveimproved – for articles submitted in 2007, average timefor submission to publication (68 articles) 127 days,acknowledgement two days, initial decision 21 daysand submission to ﬁnal decision 39 days. We initiallyreject approximately 50%of unsolicitedpapers, althoughsome of these are published following extensive re-vision and resubmission.With this, the last issue of 2007, I would like to takethis opportunity to extend the wishes of the season toyou, our readers and contributors.Reviewers in 2007Alison DunkleyAlison MortonAndrew SpoonerAndy MealAnn SpaightAnnie ElliotArch (‘Chip’) MainousAzhar FarooqiBrenda PoultonCatherine SmithCharlie BrookerChristine JohnsonDavid CunninghamDavid de BerkerDavid KernickGlynis BuckleHilton DixonIan SquireJabulani SitholeJames JarrettQuality in Primary Care 2007;15:321–2 # 2007 Radcliﬀe PublishingA N Siriwardena322Jane BetheaJane DyasJane RobertsJanet WalkerJeremy MilesJo MiddlemassJohn WilmotJonathan CapeJudy SmithKamila HawthorneKamlesh KhuntiKeith StevensonKen BrownKevin HillMartin von FragsteinMaxine OﬀredyMelody RhydderchMichael GordonMichael MooreMoyez JiwaNigel SparrowPatricia WilkiePaul LinsleyPaul MilnePaul TwomeyRachel SpencerRichard BakerRichard HaysRobert McKinleyRos KaneRuth ReillySara OwenSarah RedsellSteve GillamSue BoaseSusan MclarenTerri HardingTim CunliﬀeTim StokesWillie HamiltonYamini KrishnaADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCEProfessor A Niroshan Siriwardena, Foundation Pro-fessor of Primary Care, School of Health and SocialCare, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7BG, UK.Tel: +44 (0)1522 886939; fax: +44 (0)1522 837058;email: nsiriwardena@lincoln.ac.uk

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