The release of the 2012 impact factors have been really encouraging, with Thorax rising to 6.84, and the distance between ourselves and our nearest competitors, Chest and the European Respiratory Journal widening (but congratulations to the ERJ for leaping into third place). We remain the second ranked respiratory journal in the world. This has only happened because of the great manuscripts submitted to us by so many good groups, and the tireless work of the Deputy and Associate Editors, the Editorial Board, so many who have given generously of their time to review the papers, and all the editorial staff. Huge thanks to you all, and please keep it up. We are not complacent, however, and we want to use this encouragement to spur us to higher levels of performance and an even better impact factor in the last 3 years of our tenure.
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