Seven Years of Good Luck

The end of 2008 marks the completion of the first seven years in the life of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, which began publication in 2002. Although it has a way to go to reach the plateaus of its stable mates (the Journal of Biolog-ical Chemistry began its second century in 2005, and the Journal of Lipid Research celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, to which the editors and staff of MCP offer their heartiest congratulations), it has enjoyed some considerable measure of success in its own right. From the outset, it has been a leading publication in a relatively fledgling area of biochemical research and has well lived up to its stated mission of playing an active role in the development of the field, and the sup-porting technologies, and not simply being a repository. How-ever, science and the acquisition of knowledge are dynamic entities and keeping abreast of the constant changes thi