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(Stroke. 2003;34:1105.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.

Editorial

Stroke: Online-Only Features

From London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Correspondence to Dr Vladimir Hachinski, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Center, 339 Windermere Rd, London, Ontario N6A 5A5 Canada.

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Electronic publishing offers speed, global access, and savings. On the other hand, we do not know how many of our readers can, are willing, or prefer to read online. The official "journal of record" for Stroke is the online version, and it offers some advantages. Stroke ASAP, our publish-ahead-of-print feature, posts articles within 2 weeks after the proofs are returned by the authors without having to wait for other articles of a given issue and without incurring the additional time required to distribute the print version. Moreover, authors can find where their Stroke articles have been quoted, with direct links to the respective articles.

In February, we introduced our Ongoing Stroke Trials as our first "online-only" feature. This will also continue to be published online in its regular June and October installments. We have had no reactions to the change. Moving a popular feature like letters online will draw some readers to the Stroke web page who have never before read the journal online. Others might not be so willing to make that change in their reading habit.

After animated discussion among the associate editors and after consulting the members of the Editorial Board, we took the decision that led to some noticeable changes in this issue of Stroke. For the first time ever, letters to the editor will appear online only. Titles will still be listed in the Table of Contents, but full text can only be found online. Sister AHA journals have introduced similar online-only features in . . . [Full Text of this Article]