Celebrating volume 10 of the European journal of ageing

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Celebrating one’s 10th birthday is something in a human life. Entering the 10th volume is certainly something to celebrate in a scientific journal’s life and certainly signals significantly more than to leave single-numbered volumes behind. The simple version may be ‘We made it the first 10 years—Let’s celebrate’. The more enriched (and self-assertive, if not proud) version may read as follows: ‘Yes, we have survived in good shape, we have a steady and constantly growing submission rate and we play an increasingly significant role in our relevant scientific community—Let’s celebrate’. We as editors have a tendency to go more with the second version, when it comes to the European Journal of Ageing. The journal is not only alive, it flourishes and there are indications that our journal now belongs to the group (together with, e.g. ‘Ageing & Society’) of premier European-based ageing research journals coming with an interdisciplinary ambition. …