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Editorial: Looking Back on Seven Years of Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.

When our team was chosen to assume stewardship of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, we recognized the mandate to continue the tradition of editorial excellence established by Curt Sigmund and his editorial team (2007–2013) and those responsible for guidance of the journal further in the past. As Editors we concentrated our time on the importance of serving all physiologists, from those studying the simple organisms all the way to those conducting translational studies in humans. The journal is the standard bearer for Comparative Physiology, providing a home for that important aspect of the discipline. Indeed, we recognized that APS members represented by several Sections of the Society looked to our journal as a home for their work. Clearly those groups included the Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section, the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section, the Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section, the Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section, and even the Central Nervous System Section. While most of the other AJP subject journals exercise a primary focus on organ-based disciplines, AJP-Regu covers the broad spectrum, and it was important from the start of our tenure with the journal in July of 2013 to serve multiple disciplines within the Physiology Community. This is what dictated the diversity of the Editorial Team we assembled. The original Editorial Team included Heddwen Brooks (12), Craig Crandall (13), John Corbett (4, 16), Roger Evans (5), Alastair Ferguson (7), Maureen Kellerwood (22), our Deputy Editor-in-Chief Wolfgang Langhans (8), Ken Olson (10), Jane Reckelhoff (21), and Ann Schreihofer (3). From the references included after each of the names of these outstanding scientists, the reader can see how we attempted to cover the broad spectrum of subjects detailed in manuscripts submitted to the journal. Recognizing that areas of emphasis within the discipline of Physiology evolve and technical approaches change with time, we included leading physiologists as Guest Editors to supervise special Calls for Papers that highlighted that evolution. Several of those Guest Editors eventually were promoted to Associate Editorships as time progressed and new areas of emphasis arose. Indeed, because of the ever-changing menu of subjects submitted to the journal, adjustments had to be made to the Editorial Team. For example, the number of manuscripts focused on exercise and temperature regulation, as well as cell signaling, increased while those centered on fluid and electrolyte homeostasis declined. Toward the end of our second, three-year term with the journal Heddwen Brooks and Alastair Ferguson retired from the Editorial Team and were replaced by Jason Carter (2) and Gina Yosten (4, 7, 9, 11, 18, 19); more about Dr. Yosten later. In fact, as that second term progressed, we experienced a continuing increase in the number of exercise-centered manuscripts leading to the two final Calls for Papers during our term, those Guest Edited by Audrey Stone (20) and Matt Brothers (1). Both Audrey and Matt were tremendous additions to our Team and, when we were extended into a seventh year with the journal, they were elevated to Associate Editor status. We are especially proud of our efforts to increase the number of women and early-career physiologists in our Editorial Team and on the Editorial Board. Likewise, the support of the Publications Committee and APS Publications Staff allowed us to enact several initiatives focused on diversity and the support of young physiologists. These included travel awards for undergraduate students, preand postdoctoral fellows, and early-career investigators. An annual competition, the New Investigator Review Award (14) was established, highlighting the outstanding contributions of several earlycareer physiologists (6, 15, 17). Along the way we continued to solicit reviews from individuals honored by selection for titled Lectureships at Experimental Biology and other physiologyfocused meetings. But our time has come to an end and we look forward to the reinvigoration and enthusiasm that a new Editorial Team will bring to the Journal. As announced by the Publications Committee last Fall, the next Editor-in-Chief of AJP-Regu will be Dr. Gina L. C. Yosten. Gina began her service to the journal as an author and reviewer even before 2013 while still in training. When we assumed the reins, Gina became our first Editorial Assistant handling the day-to-day activities as we learned the ups and downs that come with the production of a major scientific journal. Then as a newly appointed Assistant Professor, Gina handed the Editorial Assistant’s duties over to Henry W. Samson and joined the Editorial Board of Regu. At the beginning of our second, three-year term, while shepherding the journal, Gina was the Guest Editor of a Call for Papers on G Protein-Coupled Receptors. With the retirement of Alastair Ferguson from the team, Gina assumed his position as an Associate Editor. Thus, Gina has seen all levels of the editorial team and is well aware of the responsibilities of the Editor-inChief. We are confident that her plans for the journal will make AJP-Regu an even more important vehicle for the publication of the best science in the field, and particularly, for the diverse populations we serve. Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: W. K. Samson, Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1403 South Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO (e-mail: samson@slu.edu). Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 318: R565–R566, 2020; First published February 12, 2020; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00017.2020.