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authors: Poole, Jeanne E.
title: State of the Journal 2021: Heart Rhythm O(2)
date: 2021-02-19
journal: Heart Rhythm O2
DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2021.01.003
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doc_id: 64078
cord_uid: qtnlsaov

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health care. The Heart Rhythm Society partnered with the American College of Cardiology and the Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association to provide a "Guidance for Cardiac Electrophysiology During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic." 4 Our August 2020 issue included a thoughtful editorial summarizing the Guidance document, highlighting strategies to manage invasive and noninvasive electrophysiology procedures, clinic visits, and cardiac implantable electronic device interrogations. 5 Expanding our global presence continues to be an important goal of the journal, and we invite our international colleagues to submit to HRO2. We recognize the rapid globalization of arrhythmia science and realize the critical role of our editorial board to ensure a fair review of submitted science from diverse geographical areas. Of our 53-member editorial board, 38 represent North America, 8 Europe, 4 Asia, and 3 Australia.

Open access publishing is now an option for many journals. HRO2 is well positioned to meet the Plan S initiative in Europe, which mandates nationally funded research to be published only in "gold" open access journals. Whether other funding institutions will follow suit is unknown, but having both subscription-based and open access provides flexibility and promotes broad visibility and rapid availability of scientific research.

The success of this first year of publication could not have been accomplished without the support of our extraordinary and seemingly indefatigable HRO2 Journal staff-Brianna Gallagher, Jeremy Rosenberg, Kristin Murray, and Lori Monteleone. We have an outstanding board of Associate Editors, with strengths spanning the electrophysiology field. I want to thank them for their commitment to the journal and the endless hours of work managing the submitted manuscripts. Similarly, I express my gratitude to the members of the Editorial Board, whose contributions will help to shape the future of the journal.

It has been my privilege as Editor-in-Chief to launch HRO2, and I look forward to a successful 2021.

The author has no funding sources to disclose.

The author has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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