Publishing the most impactful imaging papers.

O ver the last 6 years, the tremendous support from our authors and readers has made iJACC a valuable knowledge source for advances and applications in cardiovascular imaging. Its impact factor is among the highest for imaging journals and is growing consistently, placing it in the top bracket of all cardiovascular journals, which attests to the quality of papers published in iJACC. The improvement in our profile has been matched by a significant growth of submissions over the last 6 years. We have welcomed this growth—it reassures us that iJACC is an attractive platform for an increasing number of investigators and that we get the chance to display only the very best among imaging papers. However, this success has been at the cost of falling acceptance rates—now to below 10%. This brings concerns that we may miss the opportunity to showcase some good papers. The editorial judgment of what priority to assign for potentially equally meritorious papers is not taken lightly, but is as fallible as any human judgment. Nonetheless, published pages are unlikely to increase and the competition is likely to get keener. It, therefore, seems like a good opportunity for the editorial group to discuss the method of selecting papers, to solicit feedback from the readership, and especially, to provide some guidance to our authors. The foremost goals of the journal are to present new information and accompanying expert editorial pieces, to provide an opportunity for scientific exchange, and to provide an educational forum for material that is in translation from researchers to clinicians. Underpinning all of this (at the risk of stating the obvious), is that we are an imaging