MMJ : new instructions to authors

Abstract

Readers and contributors to the Malta Medical Journal will be aware that the MMJ has had significant administrative problems relating to the final processing of manuscripts prior to their publication on-line. As a result, and in tandem with ever-increasing manuscript submissions, the MMJ has accrued a large backlog of completed papers awaiting publication that, in some instances, has exceeded eighteen months. Following discussions with personnel from Administration within the Faculty of Medicine and senior members within the Marketing, Communications and Alumni Office at the University of Malta measures have now been taken to address this crisis. Whilst we welcome the new help and thank those who have made this possible, we have started to work on the backlog and hope that time intervals from submission-to-publication will start to reduce. Indeed the last three issues have been finalised and turned around in a relatively short period of just a few months.