Respiration comes of age.

摘要

Dear ReaderBy 'coming of age' I mean that as of this year the journal will appear monthly, which has been my aim for many years. For many years Respiration has had 1 volume of 6 issues per year. With the quick growth witnessed over the most recent years, we had increased our print volume, moving to 2 volumes of 4 issues each in both 2008 and 2009. As the upward trend in the number and quality of submissions continues, we can now move to monthly issues, i.e. 2 volumes of 6 issues each per year. This means that accepted articles will see print even faster. As quality remains our top priority, we will not strive to print more, but rather lower our acceptance rate to below 20% of the overall submission rate.