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	Outgoing Editor-in-Chief

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Dear readers,

As I hand over the Editor-in-Chief role to Adrian Clark, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the many people associated with the production of Journal of Endocrinology. I have served in the EIC role for 4 years, and as Deputy Editor for 5 years before that, and it has been a real privilege to be associated with JoE and see that it gradually develop over this time. I have been proud to try to follow the example set by my predecessors, Steve Hillier and Alan McNeilly before him, in setting high standards for the journal, and what has been achieved owes much to them both.

The number of submissions to JoE has increased greatly over the past few years, from 450 manuscripts per year in 2000 to about 650 per year now, and we have had to become progressively more selective in our peer review processes, currently accepting about 30–35% of papers. The impact factor of JoE has progressively climbed over many years, and although a surge in submissions in 2006 slightly reduced it for the latest year, due to the way in which it is calculated, I am confident that this will recover in the future. Steve Hillier introduced a new Editorial Board structure in 2000, and this has served the journal very well, with greatly improved response times to authors, now down to a median of 23 days.

It has been a real pleasure to be associated with such a great team of colleagues over the past few years. I have valued enormously the chance to work with Adrian Clark who has been a first class Deputy Editor for the past 4 years, and I am delighted to be handing over to him now – the journal is in excellent hands! I am extremely grateful to our international team of Senior Editors who have worked very hard and efficiently in delivering rigorous and fair scientific review of manuscripts. Although we cannot please everyone, I am proud that our submitting authors have been given careful and prompt review by SEs and referees from around the world, and that the resulting journal has published really good science.

Finally, it is a pleasure to thank everyone associated with JoE in the Society for Endocrinology office. Clare Hooley will be known to most of our authors as senior peer review administrator for JoE, and I have greatly appreciated her efficient work and help over the past few years, with valuable guidance and help from Kim Marello. Times to publication, both online and print, have been significantly reduced in the last few years thanks to excellent efforts from the production team, led by Ailsa Bailey. Behind the scenes, the journal has also benefited greatly from much wise advice and support from Steve Byford in leading the overall management of the journal into the 21st century. I would like to thank them all.

Over to Adrian now, he will be hard act to precede. I wish him well, and hope he will enjoy the role as much as I have.

Julian Davis

	Incoming Editor-in-Chief

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There are significant challenges facing most scientific journals over the coming years. Electronic, and increasingly frequent ‘open’ access has become the norm, and combined with sophisticated search tools, a journal's identity has become less distinguishable and an impact factor more dominant. Thus, now more than ever before it must be essential to ensure that a paper being published in the Journal of Endocrinology means that it is good quality science and that the review articles we publish are clear, topical and to the point. That the journal has achieved this in the past is reflected in its high-citation half-life – an indicator of the longevity of its published research. Maintaining this ‘brand’ for the future will be a vital aim.

Achieving this very challenging task will be made easier for me by the appointment of David Ray as Deputy Editor. David is well known to many as the highly successful Chair of the Programme Organizing Committee of the Society and he will bring a wealth of new ideas and valuable contacts to his role on the journal. The hard work of paper selection is largely done by the Senior Editorial Board whose advice is invaluable. Most importantly, behind this academic front is an extremely professional and highly efficient journal office – Steve Byford, Kim Marello and Clare Hooley amongst others – without whom this job would be impossible.

This year the journal celebrates its 70th year. Furthermore, a process of retro-digitization now means that all issues of the journal since 1939 will be electronically accessible. Looking back over some of the papers published half a century ago, one is often struck by the quality of the science in the days before the advent of the technological advantages we now enjoy. It is this scientific quality that I hope will continue to be the hallmark of papers published in the Journal of Endocrinology.

Adrian Clark

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