This is going to be a very brief talk. I'm Jim Lubowitz. I'm editor of the Arthroscopy Family of Journals. I'm all over the internet and accessible, so email me if you have questions, need advice, or ever want to get more involved. And arthroscopy is another way that many members get involved. I have no conflicts, and my only relationship is with Anna. I'm an independent contractor in the journal editor role. So what we know is that arthroscopy is the journal of record regarding arthroscopic and related surgery. It's a very high impact journal in the orthopedic category, and we're number one in immediacy. We publish hot topics that get cited right away. We publish clinically relevant material. It does change your practice. It's peer reviewed. The audience is international. We have a video technique library I'll speak more about, and we have a robust electronic and social media presence. You may follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn. So what do we need? We are soliciting a few things. Let's start with content. We publish original scientific research, letters to the editor, level five expert opinion. You've got to publish a few original articles first to be considered an expert. And we're not looking for massive volume. We have robust peer review that results in not all articles being accepted. So we're really looking for quality, not quantity. We help authors and reviewers by publishing many tools to improve your scientific research. We have templates, which are quite a few pages, and single page checklists for how to write an original article or to review one. And then another one for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. That's the template. That's the checklist. And if you go to the website on the drop down menu under authors is where you're going to find this material. Arthroscopy Techniques Journal, our second of three journals, is peer reviewed, electronic only, PubMed cited, open access, so everyone, not only your peers, but your patients and the public can see how you do it. And every single one of our videos that are associated with each article are posted on YouTube. It's efficient and practical. We publish classic techniques as well as the most innovated, immediate, cutting edge techniques. Videos are no longer than four and a half minutes, so it's something you can refresh between cases, before a case, as well as prepare the night before. Same editorial team, same submission website, instructions for authors. An opportunity to get involved in addition to publishing in either of our scientific journals or our techniques journal is to be a reviewer. So we're looking for people to review, to publish, and to show us the techniques. Simple as that. We have a PowerPoint, which we also present at our annual reviewer's course, Essential the Manuscript, also on the website, drop down menu under reviewers. Sign up to be a reviewer, which you can do online through the website on the drop down, or there's a journal booth here for those of you who are still tomorrow. Here on the second floor, you can give your email to our managing editor, Debra Van Noy. Reviewers get CME credit, and you will learn as a reviewer to be a better writer as well. Learn to avoid repetitious writing, boring discussions, statistical misinterpretation, weak evidence, and out of date references. We will help you to be better, and you as a reviewer help our other authors to be better. I started by coming to an ANA meeting, signing up to be a reviewer, and that's one of the many ways that I got involved with ANA. Meritocracy, for sure, all the reviews are graded for quality, and we also pay attention to timeliness. The best reviewers, evidence-based in medicine, including but not limited to orthopedics, are young, so residents, senior residents and fellows who are looking for people early in their practice, the best reviewers based on the merit and the scores are promoted to our editorial board, and so on up the line. Be careful what you wish for. It's volunteerism, it's time-consuming, but we who do it find it very rewarding. So visit us, arthroscopyjournal.org. Thank you very much. Thank you.

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