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March 2005, Vol 95, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 377-379
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.058867

EDITORIAL

Editorial Independence at the Journal

Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, M. Lyndon Haviland, DrPH, Nancy J. Johnson, MA and Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP

Mary E. Northridge is editor-in-chief, Kenneth R. McLeroy is immediate past chair of the editorial board, M. Lyndon Haviland is current chair of the editorial board, and Nancy J. Johnson is executive editor of the Journal. Georges C. Benjamin is executive director of the American Public Health Association and publisher of the Journal.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168th St, Room 1123.6, New York, NY 10032 (e-mail: men11@columbia.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
The title of this editorial honors Richard Smith, the outgoing editor of BMJ, who recently published a spirited and honorable editorial of his own, "Editorial Independence at the BMJ."1 That short piece helped crystallize for us a common underlying principle as we wrangled over issues of guest editorship, outside funding for Journal publications, and peer review of various categories of papers.

We began writing this editorial in March 2004 at the annual spring meeting of the Journal’s editorial board and editors. Allocating 12 months for preparation and publication of this editorial allowed us to gain additional input from . . . [Full Text]


   REAFFIRMING THE BASIS FOR EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE
 

   GUEST EDITORS
 

   OUTSIDE FUNDING
 

   PEER REVIEW
 





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