Editorial

Extract

This edition of Animal Welfare marks the 10th year of the journal. It was launched in 1992 ‘…in the belief, as was noted in the Editorial of the first volume, ‘that a quality technical journal dealing specifically with scientific and factual aspects of animal welfare will, by the dissemination of knowledge, lead to an improvement in the health and welfare of animals used or controlled by man’. It was by no means certain how this venture would turn out, and in the same Editorial, the then Editor-in-Chief Roger Ewbank, presented a rather grim review of the unhappy outcomes of a number of previous attempts by various publishing houses to establish a journal in the field. However, he emphasized his belief in the project at the outset and it is very gratifying to report that thanks to his efforts and those of all who have been involved - contributors, section editors, referees, advisers and staff - that the journal is doing well. There are subscribers in 38 countries, the number of manuscripts submitted each year is increasing, and the circulation is continuing to rise.