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40 Int'l Soc. Work 5 (1997)

handle is hein.journals/intsocwk40 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial Over the last few days, partly as a result of friendly yet insistent faxes from our London publishers, I have become aware that it is time once again to prepare an editorial. I usually relate the editorial to the ideas in that issue's articles. Either I try to pick up on a common theme, or I discuss some particular aspect of a single article. On this occasion, however, I am going to address a more pragmatic theme, that of the makeup of the Journal. Although it may not appear a dramatic shift, readers will notice that the 'Information for Contributors' has been altered. This in three ways. First, the statement of our mission has been rewritten in what we hope is a clearer, more succint and more accurate manner. Second, we are re- emphasizing the need for contributors to keep to the required length in submitting articles for consideration, and the new wording makes it clear that the 12-14-page limit includes notes and references. In recent volumes we have been less stringent about length, with the result that many of the articles published have been longer than we should have liked: shorter articles will allow us to publish a greater number each year. In recent months, we have returned overlong submissions with a request that they be shortened, and we are happy to say that nearly all our authors have been able to cooperate with us on this. Our third change is the planned introduction of a new feature: the publication of 'Brief Notes' of up to 1500 words. This idea has been suggested by several members of the editorial board as a way of publicizing timely, informative topics that do not lend themselves to the format of a full article but are judged to be of interest to readers. Although these are not dramatic changes, they are important for our Journal. Each is aimed at meeting the same familiar challenge: how to achieve prompt publication of articles. From the perspective of the Editor, we are now in a situation where we have a goodly supply of accepted articles and a very satisfactory inflow of new submissions. The difficulty is that gradually the time between the acceptance of an article and its publication is reaching an unacceptable point. One of my principal func- tions as Editor is now talking to colleagues whose articles have been accepted but to whom I cannot give a firm publication date. We on the editorial board are well aware of the difficulties caused by such delays as material becomes outdated. We have greatly speeded up the assessment process, so that we are now able to advise prospective authors more quickly International Social Work (SAGE, London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi), Vol. 40, 5-6 (0020-8720; 1997/01).

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