The first issue of Lighting Research and Technology was published in 1969. This is the first issue of the 50th volume. This paper summarises the origins and development of the journal as well as describing how both the nature and sources of papers have changed over the years. The challenges facing the journal are described and the objectives for the future are specified.
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