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Show Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology 14( 3): 129, 1994. © 1994 Raven Press, Ltd., New York Editor's Corner With the mailing of this issue, we have reached the mid- point in the transition year at the completion of which NANOS will assume complete responsibility for editorial content. It seems reasonable to reflect on changes that have already been made. A board of Deputy Editors has been created consisting of: James Corbett Peter Savino Jack Selhorst Joel Glaser Norman Schatz Tom Slamovits to provide advice to the Editor- in- Chief on all editorial matters. From discussions held with the Deputy Editors, a new feature of the Journal, the Annual Review, is being introduced with this issue. Four section editors, Nancy Newman, Alfredo Sadun, Barry Skarf, and Michael Wall, will be responsible for the Annual Reviews for a four-year term. Topically the subjects to be covered are: 1) Systemic and Genetic diseases 2) the pregenic-ulate afferent visual system 3) the geniculate and post- geniculate afferent system and disorders of higher cortical function and 4) the ocular motor system. Dr. Greg Kosmorsky has been asked to assume responsibility for a section dealing with imaging and Dr. Barett Katz has been asked to become the book review editor. Dr. H. Stanley Thompson has been asked to explore the possibility of creating a section dealing with the history of neuro- ophthalmology. We are attempting to streamline the review process to expediate publication. Papers arriving in the Bronx are assessed within 48 hours and forwarded by overnight mail to two reviewers. They are asked to return the reviews within two weeks or to return the manuscript immediately so that it may be reassigned. Depending upon the recommendations of the reviewers, further review may be sought or editorial decision is made to accept as Ronald M. Burde, M. D. is, with minor revision, with major revision or to return to the authors for them to consider submission to another journal. Manuscripts returned for revision are either reviewed in house or returned to the original reviewer for reconsideration. We are aiming to have a " turn- around time" of under one month. The Journal is encouraging submission of manuscripts in the basic and clinical sciences of neuro-opthalmology. We will request that single case reports with rare exception to be formatted as " Short Communications" ( see Vol. 14, no. 2, p. 65). The Editorial Board would encourage presenters at the NANOS and Walsh Society meetings to submit their works to the Journal. At certain times, Editorial policy permits the publication of an article( s) that does not meet the stringent requirements of the Journal. Two articles published in this issue deal with the entity termed Cuban Optic Neuropathy. These two papers both present data on an extremely limited number of patients and any conclusions that are drawn in these papers are based on author speculation and not on statically valid insights. It was felt that the entity, the discussions and hypotheses that were generated are of such interest to our readers that the papers should be published. We believe that our readership has the ability to draw their own conclusion when presented with such data. The Editorial Board believes that there is a lesson to be learned for the future: Good observer physicians invested a great deal of time and effort in examining the various groups of patients. But because of an apparent failure in experimental design, examined an insufficient number of patients to give their papers any statistical validity. No study of this nature should be undertaken without appropriate input from statisticians as to necessary sample sizes of afflicted and control groups. 129 |