In the inaugural issue of Anatomical Sciences Education (ASE), published in January 2008, co-Editors-in-Chief, Dr. Rick Drake and Dr. Wojciech Pawlina, outlined a vision for the journal to become the “preferred place where anatomy educators can find the best work produced by their colleagues, and the broader education community can see and appreciate achievements in our field.”¹ To say that this vision was realized is an understatement. Sixteen years later, ASE remains the destination journal for the exchange of ideas, opinions, innovations, and research on topics related to education in the anatomical sciences.

In 2023, when I assumed the role of ASE's stewardship, it was an honor and a privilege to take charge of a journal ranked as the second-best science education journal. This recognition is a direct result of the tireless dedication of Drs. Drake and Pawlina, and they deserve our heartfelt gratitude for a job impeccably executed. Equally, our global community of anatomy educators and education researchers continues to push the boundaries of innovation in remarkable ways. They consistently provide us with a constant stream of high-quality anatomy education research and scholarship, for which we are deeply appreciative. As ASE continues to evolve, it must adapt to the changing landscape of medical education to remain the foremost journal for all aspects of anatomy education.

I am pleased to report that while submissions and the number of published papers increased by over 40% in 2023 compared with the previous year—our highest volume for both metrics, excluding the COVID-19-related surge in 2021—our peer review process is becoming more efficient. The time from submission to online publication was reduced by 33% in 2023, and our prodcution time after article acceptance was reduced by 66%. We are optimistic about further reducing peer-review and production times while maintaining the high quality that our authors and readers expect. Additionally, we have started publishing more papers on the history and ethics of anatomy and anatomy education in non-medical contexts, thereby expanding the journal's scope. There is still more work to do, but we are certainly on the right track.

What is on the horizon for 2024 is even more exciting. We are pleased to announce that this year, we will publish nine issues, a departure from the six issues we have consistently published since 2008. Furthermore, we are set to increase the frequency to 12 issues in 2025 and beyond. In addition to regular issues, readers can anticipate more frequent special issues covering topics of universal interest to anatomy educators, such as artificial intelligence in anatomy education, the intersection of anatomy and spirituality, psychometrics, and qualitative research methods in health sciences, among others. We encourage you to keep an eye out for these special issues and, if you have an idea for one that you would like to see, please reach out to me or any of the Associate Editors. Finally, we are excited to announce that we will be adding more Associate Editors to our Editorial Board and expanding our Board of Reviewers to better handle the expected increase in manuscript submissions. If you are interested in either of these roles, please contact our editorial office at ase@anatomy.org, and we would be delighted to discuss it with you.

As we embark on this new year with a bright future for ASE, I am reminded of the words of Fred Rogers, the host and producer of the renowned American children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: “Imagining something may be the first step in making it happen, but it takes the real time and real efforts of real people to learn things, make things, turn thoughts into deeds, or visions into inventions.”² We extend our gratitude to all of you who continue to learn, create, and transform your ideas into innovative developments in anatomical education. This is dedicated to you.

在 2008 年 1 月出版的《解剖科学教育》 ( ASE )创刊号中，联合主编 Rick Drake 博士和 Wojciech Pawlina 博士概述了该期刊的愿景，即成为“解剖学教育者的首选之地”。可以找到同事的最佳作品，更广泛的教育界可以看到并欣赏我们领域的成就。” ¹说这个愿景已经实现是轻描淡写的。十六年后，ASE仍然是解剖科学教育相关主题的思想、观点、创新和研究交流的目的地期刊。

2023 年，当我担任ASE的管理职务时，我很荣幸能够负责一本排名第二的科学教育期刊。这一认可是博士们孜孜不倦奉献的直接结果。德雷克（Drake）和帕维琳娜（Pawlina）的工作完美无瑕，值得我们衷心感谢。同样，我们的全球解剖学教育工作者和教育研究人员社区继续以非凡的方式突破创新的界限。他们始终如一地为我们提供源源不断的高质量解剖学教育研究和奖学金，我们对此深表感谢。随着ASE 的不断发展，它必须适应不断变化的医学教育格局，以保持解剖学教育各个方面最重要的期刊地位。

我很高兴地向大家报告，虽然 2023 年提交的论文数量和发表的论文数量比上一年增加了 40% 以上（这两个指标的数量均达到最高水平，不包括 2021 年与 COVID-19 相关的激增），但我们的同行评审流程是变得更有效率。2023年，从投稿到在线发表的时间减少了33%，文章接受后的生产时间减少了66%。我们对进一步减少同行评审和制作时间，同时保持作者和读者期望的高质量持乐观态度。此外，我们已经开始发表更多关于非医学背景下解剖学和解剖学教育的历史和伦理的论文，从而扩大了期刊的范围。还有更多工作要做，但我们肯定走在正确的轨道上。

2024 年即将发生的事情更加令人兴奋。我们很高兴地宣布，今年我们将出版 9 期，而不是自 2008 年以来一直出版的 6 期。此外，我们计划在 2025 年及以后将出版频率增加到 12 期。除了常规期刊外，读者还可以预见更常见的特刊，涵盖解剖学教育者普遍感兴趣的主题，例如解剖学教育中的人工智能、解剖学与灵性的交叉点、心理测量学以及健康科学中的定性研究方法等。我们鼓励您密切关注这些特殊问题，如果您对想要看到的问题有任何想法，请与我或任何副编辑联系。最后，我们很高兴地宣布，我们将在编辑委员会中增加更多的副编辑，并扩大我们的审稿人委员会，以更好地处理预计增加的稿件提交量。如果您对这些角色感兴趣，请联系我们的编辑部：ase@anatomy.org，我们很乐意与您讨论。

当我们踏入日月光美好未来的新的一年时，我想起了美国著名儿童节目《罗杰斯先生的邻居》的主持人兼制片人弗雷德·罗杰斯的话：“想象某件事可能是实现它的第一步。”发生，但需要真实的人付出真正的时间和努力来学习、创造、将思想转化为行动，或将愿景转化为发明。” ²我们向所有不断学习、创造并将自己的想法转化为解剖学教育创新发展的所有人表示感谢。这是献给你的。