Critical Care – 10 years on

Since its launch Critical Care has been a dynamic force in the intensive care community, continually evolving and growing to meet the needs of our ever-increasing audience and to make the most of what the Internet has to offer. Ten years later, we have made the decision that all articles published in the journal (from volume 10 onward) will appear online only. This is a reflection of the increasing popularity of online articles over the printed journal and the way in which most readers find articles of interest. With the continuing development of faster and more user-friendly Internet search engines, most readers identify articles of interest using online tools such as PubMed [3], from which they can link directly to their chosen article in Critical Care, rather than browsing through print issues. Online articles also have much more to offer than the printed version. While browsing the full-text of any Critical Care article, readers can link to the PubMed record, find articles in PubMed published by the same authors or on related topics, or find articles in which that article is cited. In addition, readers can e-mail the article to a friend, download the references, link straight from a reference to its PubMed listing, or 'post a comment' if they would like to add their point of view. In particular, this latter facility allows Critical Care to continue to serve as a forum for discussion. We are not alone in our movement away from print; this is a trend being mirrored by many journals in different fields and by a number of endeavours to make millions of books available online [4]. On a lighter note, there is now so much literature available for intensivists that online journals offer a practical, space-saving alternative to bulging libraries!Right from the start, one of Critical Care's central aims has been to provide access to the latest research as quickly as possible. We provide our authors with a rapid yet thorough peer review service despite ever-increasing numb