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British Journal of Psychiatry, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG UK. Email: bjp{at}rcpsych.ac.uk

Declaration of interest

P.T. is Editor of The British Journal of Psychiatry.

Peter Tyrer is Professor of Community Psychiatry at Imperial College, London and has been Editor of The British Journal of Psychiatry since 2003.

A rationale for maintaining the existence of learned journals is put forward on the 343rd anniversary of the first such journal, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, and it is argued that the main aim of such journals has hardly changed since this time. The new-look British Journal of Psychiatry is intended to educate and instruct, and even entice readers from the functional and far less romantic online version.