title: Timeliness: The authors' vested right but the editors' last concern.
abstract: .
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rad
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
authors.forename: Abdolghader
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assarroudi
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Armat
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran. nshomoossi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Nematullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shomoossi
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D035081:Editorial Policies; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing