Taking up the reins

As of the first issue of 2015, Martin Sarter (University of Michigan) and Jean-Marc Fritschy (University of Zurich) will stand down as co-Editors-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neuroscience. They have been at the helm for 6 years, a period during which EJN has continued to grow and strengthen its position as a major venue for top-quality neuroscience research, despite an ever more competitive publishing environment. Jean-Marc and Martin have been extremely effective in navigating these turbulent times and have maintained and built upon EJN’s prominent position. We, together with the FENS committee and all stakeholders, thank them for their tireless efforts and outstanding service. Several of our Associate Editors, John Garthwaite, Richard Robitaille, Tomoki Fukai, Cyriel Pennartz, Esther Stockli, Zoltan Nusser and Peter Brown, have also reached the end of their terms and will cycle off the board. We take this opportunity to thank them for their hard work and continued support of the journal over the past years. We also thank the Managing Editor, Sophie Gavarini, who has done a remarkable job over the years dealing with Editors, reviewers and authors in a most helpful and constructive way, and has helped to bring EJN into the modern age by instituting major social media initiatives, a solid foundation upon which we intend to build further. It is a daunting prospect to take over the editorship. We are both extremely passionate about EJN – a long-established international neuroscience journal. EJN falls under the auspices of FENS and hence is owned by all European scientists who are members of their national neuroscience societies. It is your journal and our responsibility is to you all. We aim to: Maintain the high scholarly standards of the journal; Maintain the highest of standards in peer-reviewing; Maintain and expand the high standards and international standing of the whole editorial board, Associate Editors and reviewers; Continue with the policy on ‘no page charges’; Continue with free access to the journal for all members of FENS and all members of the SFN. The journal will, in effect, continue to be virtually, or very close to, Open Access.