Does a learned journal require regular re-vamping?

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Many journals exist in our field and they all have their different merits, levels of visibility, and scientific reputation. Although the impact factor (IF) is an important parameter, it is certainly not the only quality determinant of a journal. For instance, the composition of the editorial board reflects the interest of key opinion leaders in a certain research field as promoted by a journal, and this helps to clinically and scientifically position such a journal. We have recently revamped the Advisory Board for the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. Not because of dissatisfaction with the activities of previous Board members, but simply because being an Advisory Board member involves “activities” and we all have very busy agendas. So we would really like to thank, in alphabetical order, Matthew Falagas, Tim Harrison, Andy Hoepelman, Thierry Naas, Mike Pfaller, Marc Struelens, Ken Waites, Andreas Widmer, and Victor Yu for their past and, hopefully continued, support, albeit that the latter will be in a less formal fashion. We welcome new Board members. Nathan Wildeboer, Jordi Rello, Camilla Rodrigues, and François Vandenesch have kindly accepted to become actively involved in the management of the journal. When inviting the new Board members, we asked them to facilitate the following: …