Last year we celebrated 50 years of continuous publication of the British Journal of General Practice by the Royal College of General Practitioners. At the same time we concluded a lengthy review of the function and form of the Journal, which included a detailed option appraisal of how and where it should be published. We decided to retain in-house publication, and also to make some changes, which you will see in the May issue of the BJGP.
Our plans for the future of the Journal were informed by a number of considerations. First was our continuing commitment to the central importance of publishing a core of high-quality, peer-reviewed original papers relevant to research, education, policy, and practice in primary care. Second was a strong desire to make this research content as accessible as possible to readers from a range of professional backgrounds and, to achieve …