The European Respiratory Journal editor's view: our best papers of last year

Journal session
Chairs: E. Bel (Amsterdam, Netherlands), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Aims: To present the best papers published in 2019–2020 in the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) in the fields of paediatric pulmonology, pulmonary infections, thoracic oncology and airways diseases; and to provide experts' opinions about the importance of these articles.

The best papers in the ERJ: infectious diseases in the respiratory system G. Waterer (Perth (WA), Australia)
The best papers in the ERJ: paediatric pulmonary diseases C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland)
The best papers in the ERJ: chronic airways diseases, including asthma and COPD M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
The best papers in the ERJ: malignant thoracic disorders J. Porcel (Lleida, Spain)