From the Editors

Abstract

The article presents a letter from the editor, telling of how contributing authors can derive greater benefit from the manuscript review process. Two common mistakes of authors are discussed: premature submissions and comments-and-chances. Premature submissions refer to manuscripts that were submitted before the proper editing and proofreading took place. Comments-and chances refer to manuscripts that were submitted not for publication, but for the sake of constructive criticism. He also examines two trends of reviewers, which he calls breadth versus depth and sink or swim. The first refers to reviewers only taking into account the range of subject matter or the depth of discussion, and the second refers to only pointing out the problems encountered in a manuscript.