Dear Reader,

As you have learned already through earlier announcements, the Impact Factor (IF) for our Journal has increased to 2.648 in 2012. Of course, we are very pleased with these results, and we look forward to further increases in the coming years.

I thought that it would be of interest to highlight those 10 papers which have received the most citations in the last few years. The total number of citations refer to the period from the date of publication through mid-2013. These 10 papers are listed below:

Papers

Author(s)

Publication year

Citations 2012

Total citations

Prediction of future cardiovascular outcomes by flow-mediated vasodilatation of brachial artery: a meta-analysis

Inaba Y, Chen JA, Bergmann SR

2010

15

41

Iterative reconstruction in image space (IRIS) in cardiac computed tomography: initial experience

Renker M, Ramachandra A, Schoepf UJ, Raupach R, Apfaltrer P, Rowe GW, Vogt S, Flohr TG, Kerl JM, Bauer RW, Fink C, Henzler T

2011

20

35

Intra-observer and interobserver variability of biventricular function, volumes and mass in patients with congenital heart disease measured by CMR imaging

Luijnenburg SE, Robbers-Visser D, Moelker A, Vliegen HW, Mulder BJ, Helbing WA

2010

8

20

Intramyocardial hemorrhage and microvascular obstruction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Beek AM, Nijveldt R, van Rossum AC

2010

6

19

Prognostic value of absence or presence of coronary artery disease determined by 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abdulla J, Asferg C, Kofoed KF

2011

12

18

The prognostic value of multidetector coronary CT angiography for the prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events: a multicenter observational cohort study

Min JK, Feignoux J, Treutenaere J, Laperche T, Sablayrolles J

2010

9

18

Helical prospective ECG-gating in cardiac computed tomography: radiation dose and image quality

DeFrance T, Dubois E, Gebow D, Ramirez A, Wolf F, Feuchtner GM

2010

5

16

3D fusion of intravascular ultrasound and coronary computed tomography for in vivo wall shear stress analysis: a feasibility study

van der Giessen AG, Schaap M, Gijsen FJ, Groen HC, van Walsum T, Mollet NR, Dijkstra J, van de Vosse FN, Niessen WJ, de Feyter PJ, van der Steen AF, Wentzel JJ

2010

1

15

Signal density of left ventricular myocardial segments and impact of beam hardening artifact: implications for myocardial perfusion assessment by multidetector CT coronary angiography

Rodríguez-Granillo GA, Rosales MA, Degrossi E, Rodriguez AE

2010

6

15

Quantification in cardiac MRI: advances in image acquisition and processing

Attili AK, Schuster A, Nagel E, Reiber JH, van der Geest RJ

2010

5

15

Finally, I would like to thank all of our Associate and Adjunct Editors, the members of the Editorial Board, the authors and of course the readers for their support of our Journal.

Sincerely,

Johan H.C. Reiber, PhD

Editor-in-chief