The Arthritis Research non-peer-review depository

As readers may already be aware, the NIH have declared a plan that invites any journal that wishes to participate to deposit non-peer-reviewed research into PubMed Central, the new central repository for biomedical research data. To further the aim of Arthritis Research to act as a focus for communication about all aspects of research into arthritis and related autoimmune diseases, a new non-peer-review depository will be launched in the journal in 2000. This new initiative will offer the community of arthritis researchers a valuable resource for depositing data which traditionally is not published in existing scientific journals. As editors, we believe that a facility for depositing non-peer-reviewed research data can bring major benefits for the dissemination of research findings, and we are enthusiastic about the availability of this new service.