I commend the editors, associate editors and referees for their effective work with the authors. But we must not get complacent on this. A number of our authors do not have English as a first language and continual monitoring is required to make sure that our journals are linguistically, if not technically, clear and enjoyable to read. Patrick Kelly , our production editor, continues to keep things flowing smoothly. He has been particularly helpful to me in my first year on the job.
Efforts are underway to reduce the delay.
As a target , it would be nice to have the December issue of the Annals come out by February. This can, I believe be achieved without major difficulty. The following tables give page counts for both journals for the past two years.