Farewell and Hail: A Message From the Editor-in-Chief

As the AJH Editorial team completes its 10th year and prepares for the transition to a new editorial team it is fitting to again1 report on the State of the Journal. The founding editor, John Laragh spelled out the AJH mission in its inaugural issue “to serve scientists and practitioners...we believe in peer review and practice it seriously...to...publish original scientific research...to...communicate new knowledge and opinion.... and... new modes of diagnosis and treatment.”2 While the “why” endures, the “how and what” “has changed. The topics are generally familiar, and the Journal has continued to publish a spectrum of epidemiological, clinical, and basic science papers. However, the scope and nature of presentation is very different. A universal electronic connection has replaced print issues that are primarily mailed to Europe and America. Whole animal studies have been replaced by genomic analyses.