Neurogastroenterology and Motility: Toward New Horizons in 2026

The start of the new year in 2026 will see the passing of the baton to a new Board of Editors of the journal. Maura Corsetti and the outgoing team have done an excellent job in steering the journal through the ever-increasing competitiveness of selecting high quality and impactful papers and the new team will endeavor to uphold these standards. When defining the future path of the journal, there is of course no looking ahead without first looking back. The foundations for the journal were laid at an Oxford symposium back in 1984 and the journal would officially start in 1989 as the “Journal of Gastrointestinal Motility” with the editorial office in Sheffield, UK and Nicholas Read as the inaugural Editor-in-Chief. In 1992, the journal was adopted by the European Society of Gastrointestinal Motility. In 1994, a rebranding of the journal followed with a new name “Neurogastroenterology and Motility” and the society followed suit in this renaming in 1996. The adoption by the American Motility Society in 1999 finalized the structure and background of the journal. Finally, the change in the American society's name to the current one (American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society) brought harmonization not only to the terminology, but also to reflect on the evolution that unites a wide spectrum of basic and clinical research, ranging from the cellular and molecular biology of gut nerve and muscle to the psychophysiology and epidemiology of clinical disorders of visceral perception and motor function. Ever since, the journal has acted as a primary channel for disseminating the most recent findings and advances in the field. It creates a “home” for researchers across the globe (not just the Atlantic Ocean) and across the breadth of the discipline, serving as an interdisciplinary bridge and a source for seminal research that guides therapeutic management and physiological understanding of the gastrointestinal tract. The changing dynamics of scientific publishing require that we adjust to the needs of both our authors and readers. We have endeavored to increase our visibility via social media and podcasts, with the incredible contribution from our Trainee Editors. We are privileged that Rajan Singh, Mohsin Butt, Kristin Elfers, and Wilmarie Morales-Soto will be staying on for a new term as Trainee Editors. Pierfrancesco Visaggi, who has also been with the journal as a Trainee Editor, will now take up the position of Associate Editor, responsible for upper-GI clinical papers. In addition, we have restructured the decision-making process within the journal moving from a three-tier to a two-tier system, with the aim to increase turnaround time. The incoming Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Keszthelyi, Professor of Gastroenterology at Maastricht University, will be supported by 7 Associate Editors. Andrea Shin and Nicolas Cenac will continue their current role in the new team. To expand our editorial expertise toward pediatric neurogastroenterology, Neha Santucci, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, will join the Board of Editors. Kristen Smith-Edwards, Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic, with a background in studies the neural circuits of the gut–brain-axis in the context of pain, motility, and inflammation, will be handling papers related to basic science. Allison Malcolm, Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney and Director of the Neurogastroenterology Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital, has an extensive record in motility disorders. David Reed, Associate Professor and gastroenterologist at Queen's University, will bring both clinical and translational expertise to the team. Not just the incoming Board of Editors, but the entire neurogastroenterology and motility community is deeply indebted and grateful to Maura Corsetti, the outgoing Editor-in-Chief, together with Frank Zerbib and Kirsteen Browning, the Senior Associate Editors, as well as Mike Jones and Chris Black, Associate Editors, for their visionary leadership and tireless dedication to the journal's growth. Their commitment to excellence has not only elevated the quality of the publications but has also profoundly shaped the future of neurogastroenterology and motility research. Their work has also greatly been supported by our peer-reviewers. We extend our sincere gratitude to them as well for their invaluable voluntary contributions, which are essential to maintaining the integrity and excellence of scholarly research in our journal. We now look ahead with excitement to the fresh perspectives the new editorial team will bring to continue this legacy.