oa Preface

Dear Readers and Contributors, It is a real pleasure at the beginning of this year to provide you with some information on the current status of Endocrine Metabolic Immune Disorders-Drug Targets (EMID-DT). In the last year, EMID-DT took a very impressive step forward due to the following circumstances. On the one hand, the journal has offered the opportunity to the scientific community to submit original articles in addition to review articles. This has increased the number of submissions as well as the dissemination of novel findings about the endocrine immune axis and its modulation with drugs or natural products. Also in the case of original paper submissions we have applied very strict criteria of acceptance through a peer-reviewing in order to publish top articles. On the other hand, according to SCImago Journal and Country Rank, the cites per doc (2 years) were equivalent to 2.85 Impact Factor (IF) in 2010. The journal has been scheduled to receive its conventional IF in 2013 and, therefore, these figures seem to be predictive of a quite high IF in the immediate future. Also in view of these concepts, the journal must maintain and improve its current status via high standard publications in the form of special issues, single reviews and original articles. Finally, I wish to thank all the editorial board members and external reviewers who have contributed to the progress of EMID-DT. Also, I wish to acknowledge the strenuous work of the Editorial Office collaborators who are constantly contributing to the success of the journal and timely interact with contributors and readers. I would also want to express my appreciation to Dr. Matthew Honan for his great support and wise advices in all these years....