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The European Heart Journal: parting thoughts after 6 years of editorship
Editorial Office
Leuven, Belgium
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When I took over the editorial office of the European Heart Journal in the autumn of 2002 the flow of papers was mainly handled manually, and online submission did not even exist. Today more papers are read on the website of the journal than on paper, and an efficient electronic platform distributes manuscripts for review around the world in a few seconds. The use of the internet had a tremendous impact on the review process and the speed of