Additionally the Journal s scope must remain flexible and must be allowed to evolve with the state of a particular discipline. A pragmatic, but we believe equitable, solution is to publish material that is relevant and of interest to the highest proportion of our readers, and to expeditiously refer authors to other more specialized outlets for papers that fall outside the scope and character of the Journal. Commencing with this issue, we no longer accept articles that merely constitute Reviews of a discipline. We introduce a new Rapid Communications category that will be given priority in publication. In this new category, all topics traditionally covered by the Journal will be entertained, but preference will be given to new concepts, and highly topical and controversial subjects.
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We look forward to readers responses to this Editorial, and as always, welcome any constructive comments. John C. Roff, Moira M. Ferguson, Editors References Watson, J., and Reinhart, J.M. 1983. This page was last updated April 4th,2000. If you have questions or comments, please email us.