The field of biomedical informatics has experienced an enormous expansion in the past few years. As I have edited JAMIA since 2011, I have had the unique opportunity of following this evolution in terms of the volume, diversity, and impact of manuscripts, partially measured by the number of article downloads and citations.1 ,2 The remarkable work of previous editors Bill Stead and Randy Miller, of current and past associate editors, of editorial board members, and of volunteer reviewers has ensured JAMIA 's position as the premier journal for scholarly biomedical informatics publications. Over the past 4 years, the number of annual submissions and published articles has more than doubled, and the journal has continued to accrue a large number of citations (figure 1).#N##N##N##N#Figure 1 #N#Increase in the number of JAMIA submissions, publications, and citations since 2010.#N##N##N##N#The contributions of our authors are key to making the journal an exciting vehicle for documenting the scientific progress of our multi- and inter-disciplinary profession. A summary of the most cited articles from 2011–2013, as listed in the Web of Science (http://apps.webofknowledge.com), is shown in table 1. These original articles or educational reviews represent some of the best work in JAMIA , and clearly reflect a variety of informatics subspecialties. Among the excellent collection of articles, some deserve special mention for … #N##N#Correspondence to   #N#  Lucila Ohno-Machado, University of California San Diego – Medicine, 9500 Gilman Dr MC 0728, La Jolla, California 92093, USA; machado{at}ucsd.edu
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Disseminating informatics knowledge and training the next generation of leaders