Outgoing Editor-in-Chief

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 …