Expansion and Innovation

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/res Five years have passed since I have taken on the editorship of Respiration! Another year with an unbroken upward trend in the importance of the journal! What do I base this statement on? Very simply on two facts: (1) the number of submissions is still on the increase although we have implemented a very strict policy of quality which I have announced in previous editorials, and (2) the increasing number of subscriptions. Currently, 70% of all unsolicited articles are rejected, which compares with the percentage of rejections of other leading respiratory journals. The increasing number of submissions we receive allows us to stick to this policy for the future. So, dear potential contributor, do not send us any second-rate material hoping for acceptance. The days where Respiration has accepted 50% of submitted papers are a thing of the past!!! All right, you may say to yourself, we have noted the fresher wind in Respiration, but besides quality, is there anything new for the coming year we might want to hear about? Yes! Firstly, the newly founded European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (EAB) has chosen Respiration as its home journal. This means that the society now ‘owns’ the dedicated section of Interventional Pulmonology for their publications (articles, an-