-----Original Message----- From: GENETICS Editorial Office [mailto:genetics-gsa@andrew.cmu.edu] Sent: 12. lokakuuta 2009 18:39 To: GENETICS' Reviewers Cc: Mark Johnston; tracey depellegrin connelly Subject: Renewing GENETICS: a message from The Editors

Dear Colleagues:

Attached is an editorial from the September issue of GENETICS that describes the progress we've made renewing our journal (also at: http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/full/183/1/3).

We are pleased with the significant improvement in the average time from submission to first decision. At 35 days, it is the best turnaround time since the journal began keeping records. This is largely due to your efforts; we're grateful for your dedication to our journal.

Note also our increasing standards. We rely on you to maintain < hopefully improve < the quality and significance of papers published in our journal, and we appreciate your collaboration in this cause. Your efforts are well-invested in GENETICS because all decisions on manuscripts are made, based on your recommendation, by editors who are practicing scientists < peers of you and the authors (see http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/full/181/2/355).

As always, we welcome your feedback and ideas as our journal continues to evolve.

Best wishes on behalf of the Senior and Associate Editors,

Mark Johnston, Editor-in-Chief Tracey DePellegrin Connelly, Executive Editor

-- Mark Johnston Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus Mail Stop 8101, P.O. Box 6511 Aurora, CO 80045 Phone 303-724-3201 Fax 303-724-3215 E-mail: Mark.Johnston@ucdenver.edu

-- Tracey DePellegrin Connelly Executive Editor GENETICS td2p@andrew.cmu.edu 412.268.1812 p 412.268.1813 f 412.760.5391 mobile

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