Ten years of exploration, a new journey to start: advancing Chinese Medicine to the next level

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The past decade has witnessed the rapidly growing influence of Chinese medicine around the world. Both basic and clinical research into Chinese medicine has continued flourishing and become more international, interdisciplinary and interactive than ever. It was such a good timing that Chinese Medicine (‘the Journal’)—the official journal of the International Society for Chinese Medicine (‘the Society’) [1]—celebrated its tenth anniversary last year (2006–2016). Over the past decade, the Journal has grown from scratch into one of the most reputable journals in the field of complementary medicine, proudly serving a broad audience of researchers, practitioners, educators, learners and anyone else interested in Chinese medicine. In 2016, we at the Society concluded a 2-year review of the Journal’s development. We had analysed our strategies and achievements, identified challenges and opportunities, consulted our valued authors, reviewers, fellow editors and frontline researchers, and analysed the feedback and suggestions (both official and casual) from the community. The outcomes of this review convinced us that it would be the time for revamping. The Society soon announced to implement a series of strategic reforms, aimed at improving the management and development of the Journal and better serving the global community of Chinese medicine. …