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As I write these lines, Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research has fully transitioned to the editorial stew ardship of Dr. Debi Brannan. It is a bittersweet time; I treasured deeply the tasks of editing the Psi Chi Journal. For nearly 5 years, I benefitted from reading cuttingedge research in broad topics across psy chology. I was inspired by the knowledge that most of the authors were upandcoming researchers whose sense of efficacy could be nurtured through a positive publication experience. I reveled in the beauty of watching undergraduate and graduate researchers shine, faculty mentors nurture our next generation of researchers, and colleagues support Psi Chi Journal authors in putting forth the best possible work. I retain a sense of awe at watching a community of scholars seamlessly collaborate for the greater good of science and psychology. I step down with a sense of having gained much more than I contributed. This editorial summarizes the road we-the editorial team-traveled during my years as editor of this fine Journal. The Journal edito rial team accomplishments since November of 2011 and until July of 2016 included advances in both structure and function of the Journal. Psi Chi Journal's notable changes in the 2011-16 period include a name change, expansion of author submissions, a shift from paper to online submis sions, and indexing in EBSCO Academic Search Complete and PsycINFO. We also created a Google Scholar profile. These changes were intended to increase the visibility, and thus impact, of Psi Chi Journal in the field. Increasing author submissions would allow us to increase the selectivity of pub lished works. Increased visibility through indexing increases the probability of citation. Google Scholar allowed us to track the impact of specific articles and to calculate an h index for the Journal. At the time of this printing, the h index for the Journal was WINTER 2016 PSI CHI JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH