Building on solid foundations: the third editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction Update takes office.

摘要

We wish to announce that the end of 2006 marks the second and last term of Bart Fauser as Editor-in-Chief and that as of this issue, after a careful and transparent appointment procedure, John Collins takes office as his successor. This shift of editors seems like the right time to evaluate changes over the last 6 years and to reflect on where the journal currently stands. Human Reproduction Update was initiated by Professor Bob Edwards in 1995 as the third European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) journal. Professor Edwards has been the first Editor-in-Chief until 2000. Since the very beginning, publishing review papers has been the focus of this bimonthly journal. Various topics were usually covered in a series of related papers, published together as a symposium. A volume could be based on presentations held during a previous scientific meeting. This approach of publishing a series of related papers on a given topic is currently still known in our field in series such as ClinicalObstetrics and Gynecology, Best Practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology or Seminars in Reproductive Medicine.