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Author response: encouraging debate

We are pleased to announce yet another exciting new feature on our website: author response.

When an article has been evaluated by a Faculty Member and published on our website, the authors of the article are notified by email. They then have a chance to comment if they feel that certain aspects of their article have been overlooked and/or respond to any criticisms made.

Take this evaluation by Anastassios Koumbourlis, for example. Koumbourlis felt that Hansen et al. had done an "excellent job" on their article and had provided enough evidence to change clinical practice in the area of spirometry; however, he also thought that they had overemphasised the importance of a particular area. In their response, published underneath Koumbourlis's evaluation, the authors, Hansen, Sun and Wasserman, discuss their reasons for this.

Author response is another great way to enliven discussion and encourage debate around key articles. We currently have a number of author responses waiting to be published in the near future, so keep an eye out for these.

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Posted by Adie Chan on Thursday Dec 27, 2007, Category: Editorial News | Permalink