Editorial

     Journal of Exercise Physiologyonline
 
 

This  April issue (Vol 2, No 2, 2000) of JEPonline represents the journal’s second year in existence.  It is a journal that currently has free access to all who can access the internet, requires no financial costs by the authors to submit or publish, and provides two versions of manuscripts (HTML and PDF) for easy on-line reading or printing.

This April issue also happens to be the largest single issue of JEPonline to date, with eight manuscripts.  When you view the contents of this issue, pay attention to each of the topics and location of the corresponding authors.  You will see that exercise physiologists and clinicians from around the world view JEPonline to be a viable alternative to more traditional research publication. The April issue provides research that either directly or indirectly represents countries not only from the US, but also from South America, Great Britain, Spain, Australia and Switzerland.  An international presence has been a consistent feature of the journal, and clearly reveals the “power” of the internet to provide free research dissemination across borders and oceans.  Surely this is how research dissemination should be; unlimited by finances, politics, surface mail, or language barriers.

As editor-in-chief, future issues of JEPonline appear to be equally large.  The July issue should contain two ASEP Procedures Recommendations, and there are currently 10 additional manuscripts in review.  This relatively high rate of submissions to the journal has posed some problems in the review process.  However, in past reports, I have indicated that we are currently restructuring at the editorial level to expedite the review process.  These growing pains are to be expected and ASEP is aware of the need to eventually require additional editorial assistance.

Finally, the ASEP Board of Directors is taking steps to have JEPonline included in the many internet-based medical research search programs (e.g., PubMed).  Such inclusion will make the journal even more visible, allow authors greater visibility of their published work, and attract even more submissions.

Thank you for your time, support and continued interest.

Robert Robergs, Ph.D., FASEP
Editor-in-chief, JEPonline
President: ASEP, 1998-2000