The New Millennium: time for a change!
The turn of the millennium deserves to be celebrated. That is why we decided some time ago to make January 2000 a special millennium issue. The approach of the new millennium inevitably leads to reminiscence. We therefore decided to indulge both in reflection on the rich history of JCP and in simultaneous speculation on the future. With the help of many people, we have filled this issue with some reflections by our editors on papers from the first issue of JCP in 1947,1–5 together with some visionary papers on developments in pathology.6–22 We are indebted to all those who have contributed to this issue and extend our thanks to them.
Board membership of JCP
The strength of JCP has always been its multidisciplinary base. To facilitate this ongoing role we are appointing new members of the board to represent those specialties that are currently underrepresented—that is, chemical pathology, haematology, microbiology, immunology, and statistics. In line with this policy, we have also increased the trainee representation of the board to include one person from each discipline. We hope that this will provide new thoughts and ideas, to meet the requirements of trainee pathologists and new consultants as well as those established in their field.
Journal developments
We would also like to take this opportunity to highlight changes in the journal which have occurred during the last two years and to announce some which are imminent. We have reduced the turn around time of submissions to JCP and with the help of our many reviewers, now give authors the initial comment on their paper within an average of five weeks after receipt. Furthermore as a result of the fully electronic in house publishing process, papers are usually published within a three month period after acceptance. …
