Rothman, L. S.Mengüç, Mustafa PınarMishchenko, M. I.Stoop, J.2016-06-302016-06-302012-110022-4073http://hdl.handle.net/10679/4247https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(12)00386-XDue to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.We are very pleased to inform the JQSRT readers and authors of several important recent developments about the Journal. First of all, according to the ISI Journal Citation Reports database, the 2011 Impact Factor for JQSRT has climbed to 3.139. This represents an almost 35% growth over the 2010 value of 2.331, on top of a 25% increase with regards to the 2009 value (1.862). Hence we believe that the journal is following an excellent trajectory, and we wish to thank all our authors and reviewers for this significant achievement.engrestrictedAccesscontributionToPeriodical1131610.1016/S0022-4073(12)00386-X2-s2.0-84865729322