CONTEXT With the recent merger of the American Osteopathic Association and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, new standards may be established for scholarly activity criteria and designation for each specialty. OBJECTIVE To determine the percentage of osteopathic physicians on editorial boards in general and specialty medical journals and to compare the participation of...

The submission of an editorial remains by invitation only. I hope that these remarks are clear in both statement and intent. It is not my wish to discourage anyone with good work from sending it to Annals of Oncology. Rather by being honest about what we can and will consider I hope to give back time to authors, editors and referees and so encourage the best forms of engagement from all with th...