Jan van Gijn, 1996-2007

Jan van Gijn (1942), professor emeritus of neurology at Utrecht, was editor-in-chief of the Dutch Journal of Medicine (NTvG) from 1996 to 2007. During this time, traditional media struggled to maintain their position in a rapidly digitalising society. The NTvG encountered competition from a growing number of international and specialised medical journals and became unprofitable. Van Gijn and the editorial board commenced a digitalisation process and aimed for the Journal to keep Dutch physicians up to date with developments in medicine. Academically, Van Gijn is internationally renowned for his clinical-scientific work on cerebrovascular disease.

Conflict of interest and financial support: the author wrote this article on behalf of the editorial board of the Dutch Journal of Medicine (NTvG).