With the publication of our November 2020 issue, Nature Reviews Endocrinology (formerly Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism) turns 15 years old. This milestone anniversary presents an opportunity to celebrate, and to reflect.

This milestone anniversary presents an opportunity to celebrate, and to reflect

The Nature Reviews journals have always striven to provide a first class service to our authors, readers and reviewers. A huge amount of effort from many people goes into producing this journal each month, and providing a top level of service. Our three in house Editors work with our authors to commission and develop ideas for articles, providing input into the initial content, guiding the peer-review process and developmentally editing the text. Our in-house Art Editor redraws figures in the classic Nature Reviews style, our Editorial Assistant provides administrative support, and our Production Editor and Proofreader look after the final steps of preparing our articles for publication. Over the years, 100s of authors and peer-reviewers have contributed their time and expertise. All this hard work and teamwork has resulted in Nature Reviews Endocrinology being a leading journal in our field, currently at number 1 in the field of endocrinology and metabolism.

To celebrate our 15th anniversary, we asked six groups of authors to write Comment articles based on a Review that they have published with us. We asked all the authors to comment on writing their articles, the impact of the article on their field and the changes that have occurred since their Review was published. Karel Pacak and colleagues discuss the history of their Review on the treatment of phaeochromocytomas and the advances that have occurred since its publication1. Decio Eizirik and Maikel Colli outline how the publication of their Review on the two-way involvement of the immune system and β-cells in the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus affected the field, as well as the role of the editorial team in shaping the article2. Mark Febbraio and Bente Pedersen discuss how their chance meeting at a scientific event organised for the Sydney Olympics led to a research collaboration, and eventually writing a Review for us detailing how muscle is a secretory organ3. Vasanti Malik and colleagues reflect on the changes that have occurred during the years since the publication of their Review on the policy implications, trends and risk factors for obesity4. Cari Kitahara and Julie Sosa discuss their Review on the changing incidence of thyroid cancer, and highlight the importance of cross-speciality collaboration in driving research and patient care forwards5. Emanuel Canfora and Ellen Blaak discuss their Review on the role of microbial metabolites in type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and using the gut microbiota to develop personalized care strategies6. We have also curated an online collection of some of our most popular articles from the past 15 years (https://go.nature.com/3jcIZ2V).

Looking towards the next 15 years (and beyond!), we hope that Nature Reviews Endocrinology will continue to be the home for top quality Reviews, Consensus Statements and opinion pieces to ensure that our readers stay up to date with the latest advances in the field, and to help drive research in new directions by presenting innovative concepts from key leaders in the field. We also plan to continue innovating the services and initiatives that we provide, such as our 2020 initiative to formally involve more early-career researchers in our peer-review process7. We want the journal to continue to reflect the depth and breadth of endocrinology and metabolism. Importantly, we want to do more to ensure that the journal represents the diverse people who work in this field, working with more Black, Asian and minority ethnic authors and peer-reviewers, more women and more researchers based at institutions outside of the USA and Europe. We will also be expanding our Advisory Board to better reflect the endocrinology and metabolism community. Research in endocrinology and metabolism can only move forward if more voices are heard; we will be doing our part to ensure that Nature Reviews Endocrinology provides a platform for a wide range of voices to contribute to the field.