This article is written to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Journal of Lake Sciences. With emphasis on biological aspects, the author first gives a brief review of the publication of the journal in past decade, indicating that obvious advances have been made not only in expanding the scope of the journal, but also in heightening the standard of the papers it published. The steady increase in contributors also mirrored the progress of the journal. Secondly, the author presents some suggestions for improving the editorial work of next period, so as to enable the journal to synchronize with the rapid development of science and technology in the coming century.