Editorial: 2012 in Review

For the last several years, the number of papers submitted to the Journal has continued to increase steadily. During 2012, about 770 papers were submitted. Both the staff in the Journal office and the Associate Editors and I work diligently to ensure the quality of materials submitted. This often means that papers are returned to authors for revision to conform to Journal guidelines before they undergo peer review. As in the past, we aim for a two-month time frame in which to inform authors of a decision. Occasionally, the initial reviews require a longer lead time, and, sometimes, the Associate Editors and I reject papers that will clearly not survive the peer-review process. We hope that these procedures have simplified the task for reviewers and are deeply grateful to all those individuals, listed subsequently, who have reviewed papers for JADD during this past year. …