Abstract
It is a tremendous honor and privilege to become the new editor-in-chief of Thyroid as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the journal. I am looking forward to building on the successful tenures of Jerry Hershman, Terry Davies, Charles Emerson, and Peter Kopp (Fig. 1). As one of my first tasks as editor-in-chief of Thyroid, I asked the former editor-in-chiefs to write a reflective piece in this 30th anniversary issue of the journal, because as is often said, “If you don't know your past, you don't know your future.” So as we celebrate our 30th anniversary, the editors emeriti highlight their tremendous contributions to the success of the journal, and the many seminal contributions that were made by our colleagues who chose to publish their work in Thyroid. Unequivocally, Thyroid has become THE journal to publish significant findings in thyroidology.
Former editor-in-chiefs at the 2019 Annual American Thyroid Association meeting during the editorial board reception. Left-to-right: Jerry Hershman, Terry Davies, Charles Emerson, and Peter Kopp.
My vision for Thyroid is for the journal to become the home for all seminal work that is thyroid related, encompassing all fields: health policy, public health, environmental health, basic, translational, and clinical thyroidology. This is reflected by the expertise, geographic representation, areas of specialties, and geographic distribution of the associate editors and the editorial board members. After all, this team and our dedicated peer reviewers are those who will evaluate the scientific research being submitted to Thyroid and what is timely and impactful in our field. I envision many collaborative works will be facilitated by and published in Thyroid with international joint society statements, best practices, and guidelines. We also want this work to be cross-disciplinary and include all stakeholders. We live in a global world, and Thyroid should be the source for definitive and authoritative guidance in thyroidology. I look forward to expanding the number of original work submitted to the journal from every corner of the globe!
In the coming years, one of my goals is to make Thyroid accessible in multiple information platforms so it has a wide reach, but also that the important information published in Thyroid is accessible to all. We plan to establish multiple outlets to highlight the work being reported in Thyroid by highlighting interesting article, most viewed articles, and utilizing social media outlets, and working with our sister journals from the American Thyroid Association: VideoEndocrinology, Clinical Thyroidology, and Clinical Thyroidology for the Public. This will not water down the rigor of the work being published but will make it accessible to all. We also hope to highlight the terrific science being presented at the annual American Thyroid Association meeting every year beyond the publication of abstracts being presented. For example, in this issue we have included a summary of the “Year in Thyroidology” opening presentations from the 2019 American Thyroid Association meeting written by thought leaders in our field that summarize significant issues in thyroidology this past year.
In my short overlap with Peter Kopp, while learning the ropes of being editor-in-chief, it is clear to me why Thyroid has been so successful. We have a dedicated team that includes the associate editors, editorial board members, a cadre of peer reviewers, and the staff from the American Thyroid Association and Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., which brings out the best in the work that is submitted to Thyroid.
I believe the future of Thyroid is bright and I am looking forward to engaging everyone in reaching the journal's goals and its function in ensuring excellence in disseminating new information across all areas in thyroidology. I also look forward to you sharing impactful work with us by publishing it in Thyroid.