Welcome to the First Issue of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis for 2009

This issue marks the start of another year with Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. The start of the year is a great time to reflect on the past and to consider the future, and as the last issue of 2008 was a considered retrospective,[1] [2] I will restrict the review of the past to briefly mention that Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis has again achieved an increase in our impact factor (3.202 for 2007; Fig. [1]).[3] So, onwards to the present and toward the future.

Figure 1 The impact factor for Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis from 2003 to 2007.

REFERENCES

• 1 Favaloro E J. Editorial.  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2008;  34 693-696
• 2 Favaloro E J. Preface.  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2008;  34 703-708
• 3 Favaloro E J. Measuring the quality of journals and journal articles: the impact factor tells but a portion of the story.  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2008;  34 7-25
• 4 Prasad A, Kwaan H. Tribute to Eberhard F. Mammen, M.D. (1930–2008).  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2008;  34 697-698