Planning for the Future

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Dr. Jim Orsini, Associate Editor of the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, Anthony Trioli, Publisher of the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, and I met at the New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania recently to have a 1-day planning session regarding the future of the Journal.

Dr. Orsini and I are both proud to be a part of a Journal that has been in existence for 29 years. For 6 years, I have been the Editor of the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. However, before that, I had published many papers in the Journal. During the process of reviewing chapters for the upcoming Equine Reproduction textbook, it was impressive to note the numerous publications cited by the authors of this textbook of articles that have been published in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science.

One of the topics we discussed in our work session was what is the niche for the Journal? All of us are committed to having the Journal as a major research journal for equine researchers in a broad area of disciplines. It is truly an international journal that services practicing veterinarians, as well as research veterinarians and equine scientists. It is now the official journal of the Equine Science Society, which specializes in nutrition, reproduction behavior, genetics, exercise physiology, and management.

One of the goals for the future includes publishing more quality articles of interest to a larger, broader readership. We have, in fact, increased the number of manuscripts per issue and plan to continue building on this momentum to provide a larger, more complete journal.

We would certainly like to encourage individuals in equine residency programs to consider publishing their work in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. Furthermore, we would like to promote and encourage more submissions for the Clinical Techniques section, which is spear-headed by Dr. Orsini. Although a lot of Case Reports are submitted each year, we would like to receive more submissions in this area from practitioners and scientists.

We are also interested in aligning the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science with more professional organizations and publishing the proceedings from veterinarian and equine science meetings.

We are certainly optimistic about the future of this Journal and feel it is the only veterinarian journal dedicated to the horses in the United States.