EHPM for a new era

It is an honor and a privilege to address you as the new Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine (EHPM). I am very enthusiastic about this opportunity to serve both the Japanese Society for Hygiene (JSH) membership and the readership of EHPM, and I pledge to devote my energies to accelerating the evolution of the journal. I would like to highlight the attention and dedication of Dr. Chiharu Tohyama, the former Editor-in-Chief, who has achieved many important progresses to strengthen EHPM. I would also like to remind you that the Editorial Office has been transferred to the Tokyo Medical and Dental University since 1 July, and all the correspondence should be sent to the new office.

I have two main aims for EHPM in the next three years.

1. Increase the number of manuscript submission and the quality of papers
I expect more submissions from abroad, particularly from Asia, as well as from Japan.

2. Acceptance for the Medline/PubMed Index and the Science Citation Index
EHPM is cited in several academic databases, including Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Japana Centra Revuo Medicina, J-STAGE, Medical Online, and Scopus. However, it is apparently not enough as a prestigious journal. Thus, we are eager for acceptance for the Medline/PubMed Index and the Science Citation Index. I realize that these efforts depend on the continued enthusiastic participation of our readers and authors, and I welcome your input as we work together to strengthen the journal's status.

Yasuhito Yuasa
Editor-in-Chief, EHPM