Thanks to your contributions, the inaugural issue of The Harvard Orthopaedic Journal was an overwhelming success! Over 5000 copies were mailed to subscribers throughout the local, national, and international orthopaedic communities. The response we have received from subscribers has been overwhelming, and they eagerly await the next issue.

Work on the second issue of The Journal is already underway. The millennium edition will include updates from Dr. Herndon and the Department Chairmen, news regarding the many changes our Department has experienced over the past several years, and many new clinical and basic science research reports. Due to popular demand, there will be an expanded alumni section to update everyone on the activities and whereabouts of the Harvard Orthopaedic alumni.

Once again, The Journal will be professionally printed and bound, between 100 and 150 pages in length, including advertisements. We anticipate a readership of approximately 5000 people, including all alumni of the Harvard Orthopaedic Residency, current staff and resident surgeons, current and former laboratory personnel, former national and international visiting fellows and professors, all medical schools and orthopaedic residencies in the United States, as well as all registered fellows of the AAOS in New England and New York. As demonstrated by our Premiere issue, The Journal is an excellent way to keep Harvard alumni and members of the national orthopaedic community informed about the exciting clinical and basic science research efforts that are underway here at Harvard.

As we begin production of the Year 2000 Journal, we are seeking contributions from basic science and clinical faculty throughout the Harvard orthopaedic community. We suggest that you prepare a review article between 1 and 5 pages in length that summarizes your current research activities. The article should document not only the data produced by your group, but the importance of your research in the context of national and international developments in the field. Please refer to last year's issue for examples of acceptable manuscripts.
As you prepare your manuscript, please refer to the enclosed Instructions for Authors, and please keep in mind the goals of The Harvard Orthopaedic Journal:

1. To increase camaraderie, awareness, and collaboration among clinical and basic science research groups within the Harvard orthopaedic community.
2. To document the year's academic activities and major events.
3. To keep alumni informed regarding activities at Harvard.
4. To provide interested residents with experience in medical publishing, editing, and peer review.

Please keep in mind, the deadline for manuscript submission is January 1, 2000.
We look forward to reading your manuscripts and learning about the diverse research activities that are going on within the Harvard orthopaedic community. As always, we appreciate your feedback and support regarding the content, format, and goals of The Harvard Orthopaedic Journal.
Sincerely,

Kevin J. Bozic, MD
Editor-in-Chief
The Harvard Orthopaedic Journal

Instructions for Authors

1. Submissions to the Harvard Orthopaedic Journal should take the form of an organized review. The language can be relatively informal..

2. Instead of simply reprinting abstracts of recent work, the review format will provide the opportunity to summarize background information and mention recent developments in the field (including presentations at national meetings, symposia, personal communications, and published literature) prior to summarizing the research performed by a Harvard group. Ideally, it will be possible to summarize a number of areas of research under a single theme. For instance, one group may be able to incorporate lab research documenting the mechanics or biology of a technique or phenomenon as well as clinical results. Research groups with a variety of different interests may be able to bring these together under a very broad theme such as "Developments in Reconstructive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle". Research groups that have had a particularly slow year can put current, incomplete projects into perspective with a brief overview.

3. Busy basic science and clinical research groups will not be able to represent all of their research interests and activities in a single review. The Journal will be published annually and different areas of research can be highlighted in successive years. Comprehensive documentation of each year's activities will be recorded in an annual report to be published separately.

4. Each research group will be allotted approximately 4 pages of space in the Journal-the equivalent of approximately 12 pages of double spaced, size 12 font, type-written text including figure legends and references. If less active groups require less space, it may be possible to provide the more active groups with more space. We anticipate this being necessary in some cases.

5. Care must be taken so that citation of unpublished data in the Harvard Journal of Orthopaedics does not compromise the ability to publish the work in full in a peer-reviewed journal. If the work is merely summarized this should not be a problem. Less data should appear in the review than appears in a meeting abstract. Percentages can be used rather than exact numbers. The amount of data divulged and the manner of delivery will be essentially equivalent to a press release. This does not compromise the ability to subsequently publish the work in its entirety according to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

6. The style of the manuscript should follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (NEJM 336:209, 1997)


Address: Submit all materials to:
The Harvard Orthopaedic Journal
Massachusetts General Hospital
GRB 624
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114