Onward and upward

As Human Reproduction Update changes its Editor-in-Chief with the first issue of 2013, it is an apt time to reflect on the history of this journal and project plans for a strong future. Human Reproduction Update is a review journal which is owned by ESHRE, a large professional society, and published by Oxford Univer- sity Press (OUP), a highly respected academic publisher. As a review journal it aims to provide comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date and balanced information, primarily for the scientific community. Another task for a review journal which is owned by a professional society is to provide an educational service to its members and other readers. The Journal scope covers basic, transitional and clinical topics related to reproduction. This includes all the relevant areas of reproductive genetics, epidemiology, endocrinology and immunology. Reviews on mechanisms of action of hormones and regulatory mole- cules in female and male reproductive axis functions and pathologies, as well as on diagnostic and therapeutic topics in reproductive medi- cine, are welcome. In 2005 the types of reviews in the journal were summarized by two former Editors as follows: (i) evidence syntheses that can aid scientists and clinicians in their daily work; (ii) concepts from related disciplines to inform reproductive specia- lists and (iii) current basic science knowledge as the basis for future scientific and clinical advancement (Collins and Fauser, 2005)