The first issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) was published in January 1988 [1], 2 years before the birth of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) [2]. The ERJ was not an ex nihilo creation, neither was it a transformation from one single predecessor journal. Rather, the ERJ came to life from a remarkable joint effort of two distinct and yet complementary journals, namely the Bulletin Europeen de Physiopathologie Respuatoire and the European Journal of Respiratory Diseases, merging their scientific spirit [3] and human resources [4] to give birth to the present journal, which is now on the eve of celebrating its 25th birthday.
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