Introducing the Journal of the Medical Library Association’s manuscript resubmission deadlines: creating accountability structures for our authors
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The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) has made the decision to change our “revise-at-will” policy to instead adopt firmer deadlines for manuscript resubmissions. Beginning with this issue, manuscripts returned to authors with a “revise and resubmit” decision must be resubmitted within two months of the editorial decision. Likewise, manuscripts returned to authors with a “revisions required” decision must be resubmitted within one month of the editorial decision. This editorial discusses JMLA’s experience using a “revise-at-will” policy and outlines some anticipated benefits of the new resubmission deadlines.
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