“…With the Centenary Articles in mind, and while putting together their Commentary article on future challenges and opportunities for the field (Gilmour et al, 2023), the editors reviewed the aims and scope of the journal and realised changes need to be made to reflect the way that the field has changed direction and evolved over the past decade. As shown in Kathryn Knight's article plotting the timeline of the journal (Knight, 2023b), an evolving scope has been a natural progression throughout JEB's history, and this is a continuation of that journey.…”