The European Spine Journal ‘Reviewer Award’

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The European Spine Journal is an International peer-reviewed journal with increasing visibility worldwide. Thanks to this, the number of manuscripts submitted to our Journal grows yearly. In 2014 our Editorial Office received 1589 papers, approximately 200 manuscripts more than those submitted in 2013 (an average increase of about 13 %). Table 1 reports the countries of the authors of the papers accepted for publication in 2014. The growing number of papers submitted by authors worldwide is the direct consequence of the rising acknowledgment of European Spine Journal. Of this huge number of papers only 32 % were published, while the remaining were rejected. Each paper undergoes a complex process of peer-reviewed evaluation that considers each aspect of the manuscript, from the formal presentation to bibliographic data, passing obviously through the deep analysis of the contents. Frequently papers return to the authors to improve the quality of the study after a thorough revision process. When the revised manuscripts are re-submitted, new revisions are made to check the appropriateness of author’s responses. All this is possible only thanks to our excellent team of Reviewers who work hard everyday to offer their best services to the Journal and its Editorial team. Without their help, none of these papers could have been published. Their reviews help authors improving the quality of their manuscripts, and they also help the Editor making a final decision. …