The current study has conclusively demonstrated marked changes in the composition of the average
SMJ article over the last 20 years. A typical article in 1980 was a 15-page single-authored theory piece using 20 references that probably took less than a year to appear in print after submission. A typical article in 1999 was a multi-authored empirical piece using hundreds of cases, 70 or
more references, and running to more than 20 pages in length. The authors could expect to wait
over 2 years for their submission to appear in print