"From the Editor-in-Chief: Journal Watch is the re-birth of a previous column edited by Nancy Milligan. We are happy to welcome Hervé Maisonneuve, MD as the new Section Editor for Journal Watch. Hervé is a contributing editor for several scientific journals and regularly teaches medical writing in hospitals and universities in France. The new version of Journal watch will be based on his French-language blog Rédaction Médicale et Scientifique, available at http://www.redactionmedicale.fr."