Dear Colleague,

I am delighted and proud to inform you that the impact factor of Minerva Anestesiologica for 2016 has risen from 2.03 to 2.62. Therefore, the Journal is now positioned among the most cited academic journals on anesthesiology and critical care in Europe and in the rest of the world.

I hope that this important achievement will encourage you to send your next research papers to Minerva Anestesiologica, and take full advantage of our wide and distinguished editorial board, our quick peer-review process, high visibility, and fast indexing in Pubmed.

Finally, I would like to remind you that publication in Minerva anestesiologica is free of charge and that the articles can be downloaded for free, six months after publication in a regular issue of the journal.