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2003; European Respiratory Society; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1183/09031936.03.00090502

1399-3003

Peter J. Sterk, Klaus F. Rabe,

Delphi Technique in Research

Why do you like the European Respiratory Journal ( ERJ )? What do you expect from it during the years to come? These were the questions that were posed when considering running for the post of Chief Editor for the ERJ 2003–2007. What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (a trained manager would call this a SWOT analysis) for a journal from a European scientific society that operates in the field of respiratory medicine? Can these issues be rationalised or is it just the irresistible joy of shaping a growing creation? It is both. The ERJ is a maturing adolescent, now 15 yrs old. It does not need to be educated much, but rather its overflow of energy requires controlling. In fact, the journal shows the most rapidly growing citation rate in the respiratory field, hitting an impact factor of 3.0 (understandably, the Technical Editors would not allow three decimals in the exact number 2.989 as it can vary from 0 to 100). This rising impact factor shows the increasing appreciation of the ERJ in the scientific field, which has been, and must …