Annals of Oncology: factors for making a real impact

It is a great honor to have been nominated interim Editor in Chief of Annals of Oncology and to succeed Professor Jean-Charles Soria [1]. Professor Soria, the Editorial Team, and ESMO have made impact factor (IF) a key priority for the development of Annals. The aim was to use the IF, a tool that is easy to monitor, as a metric for quality. Under his leadership, the IF has risen to 11.8, and, as a consequence, the quality of papers submitted to the journal has dramatically increased [2]. We will continue to have IF as one of our main metrics to evaluate the success of the journal, with the aim to consolidate and make sustainable what has been achieved so far. In addition, another goal will be to increase the influence of the journal, which can be monitored using Altmetrics scoring. In order to maintain the success already achieved and to reach our new goals, we will fine tune the current Editorial policy.