Welcome to the autumn issue of Nurse Researcher. A new editorial team has just been appointed at the journal - Ian McMillan has taken over as editor and Paula Roberts, lecturer at Keele University's department of nursing and midwifery, is the new consultant editor. We feel very enthusiastic about our roles and share a determination that the journal will continue to grow and develop in the coming years. Our predecessors have set firm foundations since Nurse Researcher was launched in 1993, and we are keen that those involved in conducting research continue to see the journal as vital resource. We hope that authors - both those whose work has appeared in past issues of the journal and those who have never been published before - will submit articles to be considered for publication. Our particular thanks go to Dr Jacqueline Oldham from the University of Manchester, the former consultant editor whose efforts on behalf of Nurse Researcher have been unstinting since its launch.