oa Editorial

Current Protein and Peptide Science (CPPS) has now completed ten years of publication. As we embark on the next ten years it is useful to look back over the past and reflect on our successes as well as our problems. I am very pleased that CPPS has featured high quality review articles from laboratories around the world. Interacting with authors from so many countries has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my job as Editor-in-Chief. I am also very happy that the papers published in CPPS over these years have featured a wide variety of topic in protein chemistry, structure, and function. While we are close to having a general understanding of protein structure, the various properties of proteins including alternate conformations and varying solubility characteristics have provided explanations for diseases. Newly discovered proteins from the various genomic sequencing projects provide challenges for determining the functional activities. Clearly, the future of protein science is unlimited. I also wish to thank the many referees who have contributed to the peer review process for CPPS. Again, I have been fortunate to rely on scientists from many countries and laboratories to handle the difficult task of assessing the quality of the review manuscripts submitted to our journal. Typically, refereeing a review manuscript takes longer than refereeing a research report and this can lead to some frustration for authors who are waiting for a decision on acceptance of their manuscript. In addition, I want to thank the staff of Bentham Science Publishing for their efforts over the past ten years to help me manage the publishing process. Specifically, Mr. Muhammad Ilyas has been a great friend and colleague in this effort. He has recently been joined by Nazia Kamran, who has been tireless in her efforts to help manage the journal. A new development in the process of dealing with manuscripts is the Content Management System developed by Bentham Science Publishing. Starting in summer of 2009, we have been using this system exclusively for manuscript submission, peer review, and all decision making with respect to new submissions. This system can be accessed at www.bentham-editorial.org. From that portal, authors can register and submit manuscripts and then check back later to get information on the peer review process. With lots of fine tuning, we expect this system to speed processing of manuscripts in the future.