Time to Look Back and to Look Forward

摘要

It has been 2 years since the current editorial board accepted stewardship of the premier journal of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), Diabetes. We believe this is an appropriate time to reflect upon our past experiences and to share our vision for the coming 3 years with our readership. The concept of a journal for the ADA was originally proposed by the first president of the ADA, Dr. Cecil Striker, in his Presidential lecture in 1941. Dr. Striker stated with reference to the publication of a journal, "We appreciate the fact that a plethora of scientific journals already exists, and I reluctantly present this question to our Association" . The journal finally came to fruition in 1952, replacing precedent publications of Proceedings of the American Diabetes Association (1941) and Diabetes Abstracts (1942).