Note from the editors: The 2012 impact factors

摘要

In particular, we note a new trend in the speed with which articles on the emergence of the influenza A(H7Ng) virus and on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) were published in a number of scientific journals, including such pres- tigious journals as the British Medical Journal (BM)), the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), while during the 2009 influenza pandemic, Eurosurveillance was still quite unique in commu- nicating findings within days through our ‘Rapid Communications’. We feel encouraged by the thought that our journal might have led the way to faster shar- ing of information in times of emerging pathogens or outbreaks with an impact on public health.