American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 156-167 , January 2005

The Open Access initiative in scientific and biomedical publishing: Fourth in the series on editorship

  • Thomas J. Liesegang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Editor in Chief, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Jacksonville, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Thomas J. Liesegang, MD, Mayo Clinic Medical School, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224; fax: 904-953-2551
    • ,
  • Andrew P. Schachat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Editor in Chief, Ophthalmology, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Daniel M. Albert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Editor in Chief, Archives of Ophthalmology, Madison, Wisconsin

,Accepted 8 October 2004.

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 This manuscript is part of the series on Editorship published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology. The authors have selected the content of this article and any opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the authors. The authors have no financial conflict of interest.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.10.010

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 156-167 , January 2005

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