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Taking stock and moving forward
Editor-in-Chief E-mail: d.barlow@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
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This Editorial is my last as Editor-in-Chief of Human Reproduction, and it seems no time at all since I wrote my first six years ago. When I took up the position, it was already decided that the Editor-in-Chief would change again after 6 years, and that time has now arrived. This approach ensures intermittent renewal of the leadership of the journal and helps sustain fresh thinking. In my Editorial in the recent October issue of Human Reproduction, I welcomed the new Editor-in-Chief, Professor André Van Steirteghem, and I have confidence that the journal will be in good hands.
As Editor-in-Chief, I have written relatively few Editorials but have concentrated on providing them only when there was a significant point to be made, usually about journal policy and standards. I feel that my final issue justifies an Editorial, and in it, I mark the progress that the journal has made