David Bruns: An Editor for All Reasons

Notable accomplishments during David's editorship include: * Raising the global image of Clinical Chemistry. * Placing Clinical Chemistry among the 1st generation of journals to implement electronic publication. * Decreasing time from submission to publication. * Reflecting changes in the field, such as adding new sections on molecular diagnostics, evidence-based medicine, and proteomics. * Increasing the impact factor and improving other citation statistics. * Playing a leadership role in the scientific community (most notably with the STARD initiative for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy). * Implementing an electronic system for submitting, reviewing, and tracking manuscripts.