Why there are so many submission, why the rush to publish?

Dr. Ashok Shyam Since JOCR has completed 8 years and we have, as independent publisher, seen the trends in submission pa erns to JOCR, at times it gets us wondering. Specially the number of submissions that have drastically increased in last 2 years to JOCR that it has become difficult for the current staff to handle it. When JOCR was started, there was no journal that was exclusively for orthopaedic case reports. Also one of the reasons for starting JOCR was that, most journals were not accepting case reports, as it negatively affected their impact factor [ is is till true for most major journals] [1]. However, we have now realised that there is a renewed interest in publication of case reports specially in India. Possibly on one hand this is effect of long-term work of the Indian Orthopaedic Research Group that has been stimulating orthopaedic surgeons in India since a decade now. Some may say that this is also due to promotion laws that insist on publications, however case reports do not feature in that list. So, this renewed interest is not due to change in academic policies of institutes. I would really like to believe that this is due to increase inclination among surgeons to report their cases and share their experiences. I also interviewed few authors who have published multiple case reports and they too con ded that they wanted to share their experiences with their peers. is is a very good sign for orthopaedic research specially in countries like India, Pakistan and other Asian countries who are main contributors of JOCR. Case reports must be considered as an important stepping stone in career of every academician and should receive same importance as original research [1, 2]. A lot can be learnt by post graduate students and trainees while publishing case reports, specially doing literature review, forma ing an article as per journal guidelines, submi ing an article and revising the article. Students can get acquainted with the academic process through case reports and an acceptance helps in boosting the con dence of a young researcher [3]. However, this increased submission has strained the journal system and the reviewers. At JOCR we try to send every article that is submi ed to us for review. Our reviewers have been very kind over the years in supporting JOCR, however we are now lagging in review process due to increased submissions. is does make the authors impatient and many authors write to us inquiring about the status. is is completely understandable, and we appreciate the authors patience with JOCR and will try to hasten the process in future. A lot of article that are submi ed are poorly forma ed and get rejected as mentioned in the last editorial [4]. is has led to loss of reviewer's time and effort and has forced us to establish a preview system. From now we will be doing a preview assessment of all submissions to JOCR and only a er previewing it will be sent to reviewers. is will help in saving time and effort of the reviewers and will also help in ge ing early decision to authors. We will also like to mention to the authors that the time taken for review and processing of the article is not a deliberate delay, but the process is designed to improve the quality of the articles before publishing. Any article that is published in an author's name becomes a part of the authors legacy. e review process and all the publishing processes are designed to optimise the articles to improve the content and message. We request our authors to keep some patience with us and let our team work on your manuscripts. With the above preview process, we will try to reduce the waiting time as much as possible. In order to further reduce the time for review and fast track the process, we would like to request the authors to send the articles in proper format as suggested by Journal guidelines. If possible, please submit the article for your departmental review for a week or send it to your colleague for review so you can get comments to improve the Editorial