It is an honour to assume the role of Editor-in-Chief (EIC) at BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health (BMJ SRH), one of the top medical journals in its field . BMJ SRH has a fantastic team of publishing staff, associate editors and peer reviewers from all over the world. BMJ SRH also has incredible support from the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) and its members, and benefits from close working relationships with the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) and Clinical Studies Group of the FSRH.

The outgoing EIC Sandy Goldbeck-Wood will be a hard act to follow as she leaves BMJ SRH in a strong position. I am very grateful to her for her support during the transition of editorship.

For readers, you can expect high-quality original research articles in BMJ SRH and the latest guidelines on contraception from the CEU. You can also expect to see some new features emerging over the next year including expert commentaries on selected articles that may encourage us to consider research findings from another viewpoint.

For authors, BMJ SRH will have faster decision times on your submitted papers, and we will do our utmost to disseminate the findings of your published articles to as wide an audience as possible.

Through the great team work at BMJ SRH, and close relationships with our wider networks and readers, BMJ SRH aims to attract and publish the very best research in sexual and reproductive health as well as the latest on all that is novel and controversial in our field.