• developing countries

The EMJ has recently changed its system for manuscript submission and handling. In the past this was a “paper” based system, which is reliable but often slow. Bench>Press is an electronic manuscript system that allows authors to submit their work electronically. This is then sent to editors and reviewers by email and reviewers and editors comments can then be sent collated by email. It also allows authors to check on the progress of their paper through the system. Early evidence from other journals using the system is that it can greatly reduce the time …