Copyright © 2007, European Society of Cardiology
The Amsterdam years
Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
m.j.janse@amc.uva.nl
Received 10 April 2007; accepted 4 May 2007
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In honour of the fortieth anniversary of Cardiovascular Research, I was approached by the Editorial Team of the Journal to relate some of my experiences as Editor-in-Chief from 1995 to 2002. The following is a collection of memories and observations that may be interesting to editors, reviewers, and authors alike.
The initial months of our editorial term were very hectic. On the one hand this was due to the very short time we had to prepare ourselves, to find a team of associate editors, journal managers, an office, furniture, computers, but, above all a working Manuscript Tracking System. The version we got was brand-new and full of bugs. It behaved like a child who in rapid succession suffered from every known, and unknown, paediatric disease, from mumps to measles. We had adopted many of my predecessor David Hearse's innovations