TY - JOUR T1 - ERS publications: the flagship and the fleet JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 535 LP - 537 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00105912 VL - 40 IS - 3 AU - Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan AU - Vito Brusasco AU - Jadwiga A. Wedzicha AU - Elin Reeves AU - Marc Humbert AU - Tobias Welte AU - Leif Bjermer Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/3/535.abstract N2 - Readers of scientific and medical journals will be familiar with the annual editorial from the chief editor(s) or editorial team, highlighting the aims for the year, interesting upcoming review series, statistics on submissions and impact factors, positioning alongside the competition (and what makes that journal better!), and new features and developments [1–4]. So, in keeping with tradition, the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) brings you its yearly offering with everything that you would expect… but with a couple of twists. The first twist is that we are bringing this to you later than usual, more than mid-way through the year to coincide with the European Respiratory Society (ERS)'s congress in Vienna, Austria, from September 1 to 5, 2012. This gives us an opportunity to reflect on what has happened this year and check that the editorial aims that were set at the start of the year are being met. The second twist is that we will be introducing to you (or reminding you about, for those already familiar with the Society) the other publications in the ERS portfolio. The publications are central to the aims of the ERS, being one of the society's “pillars”, in that they are a forum for sharing and disseminating knowledge, and ultimately alleviating suffering from respiratory disease and promoting lung health. If the ERJ is considered as the official scientific journal of the ERS – one might say a flagship – then what of the rest of the fleet? Looking first at the ERJ, we are pleased to be able to announce the 2011 impact factor is 5.895, which means that the journal has regained the bronze medal position of third in the respiratory systems journals list. The ERJ attracts increasingly high-quality science and this reputation manifests itself in the number … ER -