今年年底,我的3 YRS授权作为主要编辑到期。由于各种原因,我决定不寻求续期的授权。结果,我将离开European Respiratory Journal(ERJ) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) at the end of the year. It has been a great pleasure to lead this Journal into the new millennium and into an era of novelty. Indeed, in the past 3 yrs we were able to introduce novelty into theERJ。技术,物流领域以及内容的主要新颖性ERJ, which remain of the highest importance for a scientific journal.
在后勤领域,我们实现了在线分发和在线提交。我们是第一个引进完全开发的在线提交系统的呼吸日,并且绝对是第一届今年年初转向全额换行的杂志。这已经开辟了在线编辑和出版方式,这导致了谢菲尔德办公室的完全重组。我们感谢Archie Turnbull,Irs执行经理,Linda Arnold,Publication Manager和Wel Wel Tradication Manager和H. Charlesworth&Co. Ltd,我们的打印机,他们使所有这一切成为可能。最终结果是分布的ERJis now on time and that a high quality product is being delivered at a cost that is only a fraction of what it was before. This is to the benefit of all the members of the ERS since the membership fee may now be used for the Society in other developments. Since I was both Chief Editor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ERS Journal Ltd, I also thank the members of the Board for their contributions.
The evolution of the contents has been as remarkable. The impact factor of theERJ从我的任务开始到2.989的2.3岁以上增加了2.989。我们在1999年将于1999年的第八次迁移到2001年的第五位。影响因素的进化ERJ如图1所示⇓。
We are now on our way to having considerably more scientific impact and the best is yet to come. Indeed, the measures we applied as of January 2000, will only have their full effect in the 2002 impact factor which is to come next year. Nevertheless, we feel that in the future, sustained improvement in the impact factor is required to achieve the ranking in the respiratory field that a prestigious society such as the ERS deserves. The measures we applied were primarily based on a better selection process of the original papers and an increased proportion of excellent reviews and supplements. The effects of these measures were clearly seen in the number of printed pages, the number of original articles published and the proportion of reviews published, which are summarised in table 1⇓。
所有这一切都没有阻止作者将他们的手稿提交给ERJas is shown in figure 2⇓。实际上,提交的数量大幅增加,2002年增加了,预计将达到1,400名提交的所有时间。尽管我们的审核系统增加了我们的审查系统,但判决次数效果从1999年的60年以上减少到2002年的45天。我们相信在线提交系统将甚至达到适当的判决较短的时间。我们的目标是在提交后40天内向作者保证判决。鉴于我们的绩效指标的改进,我觉得有信心:ERJis in good shape. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the Editorial Board, the Associate Editors and Assistant Chief Editors for their excellent work, as I was only the mediator of their efforts. A journal is only as good as its Editorial Board and this Board needs to work as a team to achieve common goals. Our frequent meetings certainly built the team spirit and made all the strong individuals act as a team.
The ERS Executive Committee appointed Peter Sterk and Klaus Rabe from Leiden, the Netherlands, as joint Chief Editors. I am somewhat flattered that the Executive Committee, in its wisdom, deemed it necessary to appoint two Chief Editors to replace me. I am confident that with them theERJ在安全的手中。
彼得斯特克斯是由莱恩大学荷兰哮喘基金会认可的椅子的医学教授。他是他的部门肺部研究的主管,在哮喘世界中是一个非常众所周知的人物。彼得斯特克斯持续持久的致力于对着ers的承诺。他一直是近10年的助理主编,他是1994年至1998年的过敏和临床免疫学大使和临床免疫学士,他是1998年巴塞罗那世界哮喘会议的科学计划委员会主席。它有在所有这些角色中,我的好运是与他合作。我记得他是一个明亮的创造性个性,他们总是为我们的科学计划有原创和新的建议。他拥有我们的杂志进一步前进。
Klaus Rabe is presently Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Pneumology in the University of Leiden. He has been active in various fields of Respiratory Medicine in Europe, predominantly asthma, and was also the first European Associate Editor of theAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine。He came to pulmonary medicine after an interesting career in Oncology. He is a real personality in European respiratory medicine and I am sure that his appointment as Chief Editor is just the start of a long and successful career in the ERS.
我祝贺我的继任者预约,祝他们好运European Respiratory Journalin the future. It was a pleasure to serve the scientific community and the readers of this Journal for 3 yrs. I am happy to go at a time when the Journal is doing excellently and I am looking forward to meeting new challenges in the future. Goodbye.
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