Building on a strong foundation | Science Advances

Just over 5 years ago, Science Advances launched with great expectations. Small at the start—five deputy editors and about 30 associate editors—the journal received 1865 submissions the first year. Our focus was to publish groundbreaking Research Articles and Reviews on a range of topics in an open-access format, providing content to a broad audience. Over the years, small but mighty has morphed into large and strengthening. To support journal growth, the board has now expanded to 38 deputy editors, active scientists who are leaders in their fields, and more than 250 scientists and engineers as associate editors (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/editorialboard). In 2020, the journal received 17,056 and published over 2100 papers. It is clear that Science Advances is well established and advancing brilliantly.