What prompted you to submit a manuscript to one of BioMed Centrals open access journals?
For those of us whose job satisfaction and mobility greatly depends on published output, we do not have the luxury of waiting for one year or longer to get feedback from journal editors. Thus, when I discovered BioMed Central’s website accidentally while browsing the Internet, and realized that it is possible to have articles peer reviewed within a period of less than eight weeks, I was excited, but skeptical. However, when we submitted manuscripts to BioMed Central’s journals, we quickly realized that our skepticism was unfounded. What was your assessment of the electronic submission and peer review process? I found the electronic submission to be extremely convenient but also cost-effective. This process actually saved us the money that we would have used on DHL or postage. With the weak postage systems in many developing countries, there is no certainty that the manuscript will arrive at its intended destination and, if it does, that it will get there on time. However, after we subm
