Worth the Wait

Consultative review is worth the wait

eLife editors and reviewers consult with one another before sending out a decision after peer review. This means that authors do not have to spend time responding to confusing or conflicting requests for revisions.

Healthy babies are worth the wait.

BACKGROUND In 2005-2006 when this initiative was being planned, preterm birth had risen steadily by more than 30% over the previous two decades in the United States, peaking at 12.8% in 2006. Since then, the preterm birth rate has decreased more than 8% to 11.7% in 2011. Despite the decrease, nearly half a million babies are born preterm each year, and 70% of these are late preterm.

Inferring phylogenies : an epic worth the wait

by foresters, natural fire regimes have been dramatically altered, with concomitant changes in forest composition. Soulé argues that, because we often have no viable concept of natural baseline conditions or normal variability in forest ecosystems, the only viable strategy is to maintain all forest species and natural ecological processes, such as fire. He further asserts that large carnivores ...

New clinical implementations: late but worth the wait?

Worth the Wait? The Effect of Early Term Birth on Maternal and Infant Health.

Early term birth is defined as birth at 37 or 38 weeks gestation. While infants born early term are not considered premature, the medical literature suggests that they have an increased risk of serious adverse health outcomes compared to infants born at term (39 or 40 weeks). Despite these known harms, we document a rise in early term births in the United States from 1989 to the mid-2000s, foll...