Transplant International: Looking Back at 2025, Looking Forward to 2026

The biennial ESOT Congress took place in London in 2025, from June 29 to July 2, and Transplant International participated actively to the congress activities. Sessions designed and organized by the editorial board and editorial fellows discussed some of the abstracts presented during the congress as well as a selection of articles recently published in TI and covering each of the five tracks defined by the scientific program committee. A "meet the editors" workshop, aiming at the younger delegates discussed in an interactive format several aspects of scientific publication that are not always obvious for young investigators, such as the good use of biostatistics, artificial intelligence or social media. Importantly, a collection of review and original articles based on invited lectures and best communications presented at the congress is getting ready to be completed in the first quarter of 2026 (25). Most contributions are already published online. Highlights include reviews on immune monitoring by donor-derived cell-free DNA in heart/lung transplantation torque-tenovirus in kidney transplantation (26,27) and on the evolution of our understanding of vascular lesions in the kidney graft biopsies (28).Transplant International editorial fellowship program is an ongoing success! In addition to their mentoring in all aspects of scientific editing and publishing, editorial fellows are also engaged in communication projects for the journal and have been instrumental in creating new products, such as video abstracts of TI papers and launching a TI podcast.2025 has been a busy and productive year, but more will come the way of TI readership in 2026. From the beginning of our tenure, it has been our stated aim to strengthen the relationship with ESOT leadership and membership. We endeavor to make TI a journal close to ESOT's style and philosophy and integrate contents resulting from ESOT's educational and scientific activities, in the strict respect of editorial independence.Transplant International is the journal of ESOT and of the European transplant community of physicians, surgeons, scientists and allied Healthcare professionals. We believe that our eTorts will help increase the standing of the journal and its identification as the journal of this dynamic community!