Editorial

Abstract

It is a great honor to be named as the new Editor-in-Chief of Biomedical Chromatography. I am thankful to Dr Chang Kee Lim, who has guided the journal from its inception and has built Biomedical Chromatography into the widely recognized international journal that it is today. In learning about the role of Editor-in-Chief from Dr Lim, I now realize the enormous debt that the Editors, Editorial Advisory Board Members, Reviewers and Authors owe him for his efforts on behalf of the journal during his time as Editor-in-Chief. Perhaps one of the greatest acknowledgments of one's efforts is when it takes more than one person to cover your workload. In this case, it will take at least four of us to replace Dr Lim. There will be some changes in the way Biomedical Chromatography will operate moving forward. I am extremely pleased to announce the addition of two new Regional Editors to the journal, Dr Richard van Breemen from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr Günther Bonn from the University of Innsbrook. These two will join Drs Kazuhiro Imai, Xindu Geng and Nuggehally Srinivas as the Regional Editors for the journal. I look forward to working with this distinguished group as we continue to advance Biomedical Chromatography. One other exciting change will be the addition of Dr Sarah Ryan from Wiley–Blackwell. Dr Ryan will be assisting the Editors with the processing of manuscripts and will handle all of the initial submissions to the journal. She will ensure that manuscripts conform to the format of the journal and will then route them to the various editors for the review process. Dr Ryan has many years of experience with similar scientific journals and I look forward to working with her on Biomedical Chromatography. I would like to take some time to relate my vision for Biomedical Chromatography. I believe that this journal can continue to be a highly visible publication in the field. I would like continue to focus on articles that can clearly delineate meaningful advances relative to the current literature, as well as adequately demonstrating these advances through relevant applications of the method. I would also encourage the submission of manuscripts covering new advances in technology or approaches that fall within the scope of the journal, especially when these can be compared with the current best practices. In addition, reviews covering new techniques or approaches to the analysis of classes of analytes are always welcome. I encourage authors who are interested in providing review articles to contact Dr Srinivas, who continues to provide excellent service to the journal in this area. I encourage all of our authors and reviewers to keep these goals in mind when submitting and reviewing articles for the journal. A more detailed reminder of the standards for Biomedical Chromatography can be found in an excellent editorial (Srinivas and Lim, 1999). With the help of the Editors, Editorial Advisory Board Members and the Reviewers, we will continue make Biomedical Chromatography an attractive journal for researchers. In closing, I would again like the thank Chang Kee Lim for all of his advice over the past 10 years. I have learned a great deal about being an editor from him. I am truly humbled to have been chosen as his successor. I can only hope that, many years from now, my time as Editor-in-Chief will be considered to approach the level of success that he has achieved.