Exciting news from the editors of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Dear Colleagues, We are writing you to share some important and exciting news about the journal. As you are aware, Neurogastroenterology and Motility is the official society journal of the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM) and the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS). The societies use the journal to stay into contact with their members and publish scientific work of society members and others interested in the field of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Wiley, the publisher, owns the title of the journal, markets the journal, and guarantees print editing and publishing of the content. As editors of the journal, we are responsible for managing the scientific content. This includes selecting appropriate scientific topics, evaluating submissions, and directing the peer review process. The Journal Management Committee (JMC) consists of representatives of the publisher and the societies, has a supervisory role, and appoints the editors. Over the last 17 years, Professor David Grundy served as chair of the Journal Management Committee. He has made a tremendous contribution since the inception of the journal, as society member, author, reviewer, and one of the founding editors. He has been an extraordinary JMC Chair but has decided to step down after his many years of service. We are very grateful to David for his huge contribution to our journal. We are pleased to announce that the societies and publisher have appointed a very highly regarded successor. Professor Gary Mawe from Vermont, USA, has been appointed as new chair of the JMC, beginning in May 2019. Dr Mawe is Professor of Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont and was reviews editor for the journal between 2011 and 2017. We look forward to working with Gary. We have more important news to share with you. Guidelines, protocols, position papers, and consensus statements have become increasingly important for clinical care, patient-related research, and basic science. In order to add more value to our readers, we, and the societies, have decided to place more emphasis on these publications in future issues. Each year, several guideline papers, protocol papers, position papers, and consensus statements will be prepared by authors that have been invited by the editors. Importantly, funds are now available from the publisher to assist in covering the costs of organizing the expert group meetings, productions, and support related to preparing these documents. The societies will announce this opportunity to their membership annually. In order to increase attractiveness of our readership and to promote work published in NMO, at the last Editorial Board meeting in Amsterdam, we decided to replace our current graphical abstract with what we call a “graphical summary” that will be published together with the paper. This will be requested only after the paper has been accepted for publication, and it will be in a format that can be used by readers as a PowerPoint slide in presentations given at scientific conferences and teaching. It is anticipated that this will increase international visibility of the work published in our journal. An impact statement will replace the key points, summarizing the most important findings of the study. This will have a format that can be easily used for social media such as Facebook and Twitter, so we can use new media in an improved way. Our successful media strategy now consists of monthly podcasts, Facebook posts of new articles, and increasing our visibility on Twitter. The steadily growing annual number of submissions is a reflection of the excellent state of our journal and the field of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Our journal is flourishing thanks to the authors, reviewers, and readers. Thank you for your support of the journal.

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