2009 has seen a further increase in submissions to the Journal, which continue to show an increasingly international pattern, although with no corresponding increase in accepted papers. Response times continue to meet our target of four months, with fewer regrettable lapses, and an improvement...

2006 has been a year of consolidation for the Journal, as the first full year under editorial management at Newcastle using Manuscript Central by (c)ScholarOne, and of the availability of our on-line archive through Blackwell Synergy. We have made very substantial progress in reducing our...