Journal of Applied Physics defines itself as a community-serving journal for research in the field of applied physics. While this may be clear, the editors of the journal asked: What can we do better to meet the needs of the applied physics community? This editorial is a brief report on our recent activities. As a top priority, we continue to ensure robust peer review such that only high-quality work is published: we strictly follow the publication criteria defined by the "raising the bar" policies introduced some years ago.1 These criteria, which are clearly outlined on the journal's website, are applied uniformly by our large, international team of associate editors. They are all working professionals, professors at universities or researchers at national laboratories, who have a close relationship to their scientific community and who use their specific knowledge to make informed decisions.
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