There may still be submissions to come, invites to send, decisions to make, but 2022 is nearly done. The year has brought recognition in the form of growing impact factor and journal rankings, but much more importantly it has brought an ever fascinating flow of new articles ... Posting in the first person for once, I remain honored and excited to get a chance to do this job, to help authors shape their work and the field, to take things forward. I want to express deep gratitude to all our authors, our reviewers (who will be acknowledged ...