Ensuring the Future of <italic toggle="yes">JMBE</italic>

Abstract

In my last editorial, I described the growing success of JMBE and the need for the publication to innovate and evolve. For example, in the past year, we have expanded our editorial board, moved to a continuous publication model, and continued to broaden our audience through themed issues. Since JMBE was established in 2000, the publication has grown exponentially from five articles that first year to over 100 published in 2016. The journal was the American Society for Microbiology’s (ASM) first open-access publication and, throughout these 17 years, the Society has supported the quality of this biological and microbiological sciences teaching practitioner journal and subsidized all production costs.