The beginning of new life in spring often causes reflection on the year that passed and prompts optimism for the year to come. Determined to keep the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology a leader in its field, we are encouraged by last year’s outcome. The team of editors and I have been overseeing the progress of the journal for two and a half years, and we are confident that this journal is becoming increasingly valuable to the scientific community committed to regulatory, integrative, and comparative physiology.

The international mixture of our editorial team is generally reflected in the variety of regions that supply the bulk of our manuscripts (Fig. 1). The United States supplies the largest portion of manuscripts, but we also have a healthy flow coming from Canada, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific, as well as the Middle East and South America. We have a broad scope of regional sources for manuscripts submitted to the journal and further encourage international scholars interested in submitting their works to us.