Editorial
Why do we need a new journal in autoimmunity?
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* Corresponding author: David D'Cruz david.d'cruz@kcl.ac.uk
1 The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
2 St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University, New York, NY
Journal of Autoimmune Diseases 2004, 1:1 doi:10.1186/1740-2557-1-1
Published: 13 October 2004Abstract
A new online Journal of Autoimmune Diseases is created as an independent open access journal. In addition to the obvious advantages of the open access, the Journal will practice a double-blind reviewing of the manuscripts, which means that both the reviewers and the authors remain anonymous to each other. We believe that such a policy will reduce the influence of personal and other non-scientific factors on the reviewer's decision making.