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In January 2003 the editorship of Sexually Transmitted Infections changed and it was with some trepidation that we took over as editors.1 Under the editorship of Mohsen Shahmanesh, the journal had gone from strength to strength and had increased its impact factor, which now stands at 2.181 (fig 1). STI is currently the second most successful speciality journal, lying closely behind the American speciality publication. The readership of STI and indeed the genitourinary medicine community as a whole are indebted to Mohsen and the previous editorial team for producing an outstanding journal.
With our arrival as editors we appointed a new editorial board. Members of the editorial board were selected to represent a range of disciplines, expertise, and geographical distribution, and are asked to advise the editors on major issues of direction of the journal. We were conscious in selecting members of the board to include approximately half from outside of the UK, to …