This led us to see where the articles rejected by Medicina Intensiva ended up, which was, overall, very positive but also provided us with lines regarding room for improvement. This Editorial Committee has always been critical of its work with the sole purpose of improving what we do. This has led, for example, to the progressive shortening of the editorial process, with an average response time of just 17 days. That is exactly how we have worked in this Editorial Committee, and I want to recognize the excellent work of each of its members, which has made our work so easy and productive along the way. Each person is responsible for his/her own process, and as a team, they are supposed to meet regularly to stay updated on the challenges and conflicts they face, what the best way is to help each other and solve common doubts. Steve Jobs used to say that the first quality of teamwork is trust in others. However, I am especially grateful and proud of the Editorial Committee that I have had the privilege to coordinate. As I said in my very first editorial, Medicina Intensiva is the result of team effort. 1Īll of this would not have been possible without the support of the different Boards of Directors of the Spanish Society of Intensive Medicine, Critical Care, and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) and the Pan-American and Iberian Federation of Critical Medicine and Intensive Therapy (FEPIMCTI), the journal Editorial Board, the reviewers (to whom I express my deepest gratitude), the authors, and, of course, the Editorial Committee. Nonetheless, both my team and I are positive that “the true power of a scientific journal does not come from its score in the different comparative metrics that proliferate, but from the trust it generates”. During my time at the helm of Medicina Intensiva, our journal has consolidated as the leading publication on critical patient research in Spain and Latin America, increasingly becoming the chosen option to disseminate scientific works by researchers from Europe, the United States, or Asia This is something that can be confirmed by several indicators, but one example is the evolution of the Impact Factor (that has gone from 1.193 in 2015 up to 3 in 2022). This exciting stage of my life that has enriched me both professionally and personally now comes to an end. Over 8 years have gone by (and 'eight years is nothing,' paraphrasing Carlos Gardel's universal tango of) since I took over this journal.

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