Editorial

摘要

Since the development of online platforms and their adoption by publishers, the entire submission process for manuscripts has been digitized; submissions are just a few mouse clicks away. If a manuscript is rejected, reformatting it using current reference management software and then sending it to another journal is easy. However, anybody involved with research knows how challenging it can be to write a concise manuscript. This effort should be honoured by the full attention of those people who judge the submitted papers regarding their suitability to be published. The International End-odontic Journal (IEJ) has enjoyed a steady increase in submissions over recent years. However, I am sometimes not sure whether 'enjoyed' is an appropriate term, as the quality of the submitted manuscripts has not necessarily improved. For example, in the area of irrigation and root canal disinfection - which happens to be my field of responsibility - submissions have almost doubled in 2011 compared to 2010. By the end of May 2012, we have already received as many manuscripts as in the whole of 2010. Many manuscripts that are sent to the IEJ are in formats that suspiciously resemble those of other major publications in the field.