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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abc.20201206</article-id>
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          <subject>Editorial</subject>
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        <article-title>ABC Cardiol &#8212; O Lar da Pesquisa Cient&#237;fica Cardiovascular</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Rochitte</surname>
            <given-names>Carlos E.</given-names>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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            <sup>2</sup>
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        <label>1</label>
        <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade de S&#227;o Paulo</institution>
        <institution content-type="orgdiv1">Faculdade de Medicina</institution>
        <institution content-type="orgdiv2">Hospital das Cl&#237;nicas</institution>
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          <named-content content-type="city">S&#227;o Paulo</named-content>
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        <country country="BR">Brasil</country>
        <institution content-type="original">Universidade de S&#227;o Paulo Faculdade de Medicina Hospital das Cl&#237;nicas Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brasil</institution>
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        <institution content-type="original">Hospital do Cora&#231;&#227;o (HCOR), S&#227;o Paulo, SP &#8211; Brasil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c01"> Correspond&#234;ncia: Carlos E. Rochitte &#8226; Av. Dr. En&#233;as de Carvalho Aguiar 44 - Andar AB - Resson&#226;ncia &amp; Tomografia - Cerqueira C&#233;sar - 05403-000 - S&#227;o Paulo, SP &#8211; Brasil E-mail: <email>rochitte@cardiol.br</email> , <email>rochitte@incor.usp.br</email>
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        <day>18</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2021</year>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2020</year>
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      <volume>115</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
      <fpage>1044</fpage>
      <lpage>1046</lpage>
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          <license-p> This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. </license-p>
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        <kwd>Bibliometria</kwd>
        <kwd>M&#233;tricas</kwd>
        <kwd>Publica&#231;&#245;es Peri&#243;dicas</kwd>
        <kwd>Fator de Impacto de Revistas</kwd>
        <kwd>Revis&#227;o da Pesquisa por Pares</kwd>
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    <p>Os Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, ou ABC Cardiol, revista oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, constituem o mais importante peri&#243;dico cient&#237;fico de divulga&#231;&#227;o de publica&#231;&#245;es cient&#237;ficas cardiovasculares no Brasil. Em 2018, como o novo editor-chefe, propus duas abordagens principais para aumentar ainda mais a relev&#226;ncia do ABC Cardiol na comunidade cient&#237;fica. A primeira foi aumentar o fator de impacto do nosso peri&#243;dico, que havia se estabilizado ligeiramente acima de 1, e a segunda foi aumentar a internacionaliza&#231;&#227;o do peri&#243;dico, conforme recomendado pelo Scielo.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Nosso fator de impacto mais recente (2019) &#233; 1.450 e o fator de impacto de 5 anos &#233; 1.724, o mais alto de nossa hist&#243;ria. Al&#233;m disso, o n&#250;mero de cita&#231;&#245;es em um determinado ano tamb&#233;m atingiu o maior n&#250;mero de todos os tempos: 3.065 cita&#231;&#245;es em apenas um ano ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f01">Figura 1</xref> ). Houve uma tend&#234;ncia de aumento do fator de impacto do nosso peri&#243;dico, passando de 1.318 (2017) e o impacto mais alto em 1.679 (2018)<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f02">Figura 2</xref> ). A colabora&#231;&#227;o internacional tem aumentado significativamente. Atualmente, cerca de 11% dos nossos artigos publicados s&#227;o de autores de mais de um pa&#237;s (multinacionais, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f03">Figura 3</xref> ), e 22% dos artigos s&#227;o origin&#225;rios de outros pa&#237;ses que n&#227;o o Brasil ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f04">Figura 4</xref> ). Nosso conselho editorial tem agora editores associados internacionais que s&#227;o a pedra angular para aumentar a colabora&#231;&#227;o internacional e as publica&#231;&#245;es no ABC Cardiol. Al&#233;m disso, a colabora&#231;&#227;o com a comunidade cient&#237;fica internacional e as sociedades se intensificou.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
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      <fig id="f01">
        <label>Figura 1</label>
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          <title>&#8211; N&#250;mero total de cita&#231;&#245;es do ABC Cardiol por ano (Journal of Citation Reports &#8212; JCR &#8212; Clarivate).</title>
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      <fig id="f02">
        <label>Figura 2</label>
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          <title>&#8211; Fator de Impacto de 2 anos do ABC Cardiol, de 2009 a 2019 (Journal of Citation Reports &#8212; JCR &#8212; Clarivate).</title>
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    <p>
      <fig id="f03">
        <label>Figura 3</label>
        <caption>
          <title>&#8211; N&#250;mero de artigos do ABC Cardiol assinados por mais de um pa&#237;s por ano, de 1999 a 2019 (Scimago Journal).</title>
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      <fig id="f04">
        <label>Figura 4</label>
        <caption>
          <title>&#8211; N&#250;mero de publica&#231;&#245;es do ABC Cardiol por pa&#237;s em 2018 e 2019 (Web of Science &#8212; Clarivate).</title>
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    <p>Tamb&#233;m aumentamos nossos requisitos de excel&#234;ncia para artigos e revis&#245;es.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> As diretrizes e declara&#231;&#245;es se tornaram uma fonte educacional de atualiza&#231;&#227;o de conhecimentos para profissionais da &#225;rea m&#233;dica. O ABC Cardiol implementou uma linha cont&#237;nua de publica&#231;&#245;es cient&#237;ficas de diretrizes de alta qualidade que v&#227;o desde preven&#231;&#227;o e estilo de vida at&#233; a cardiologia avan&#231;ada. Esse papel espec&#237;fico tem um v&#237;nculo intr&#237;nseco com nossa responsabilidade social como peri&#243;dico cient&#237;fico que &#233; levar os benef&#237;cios da ci&#234;ncia &#224; nossa sociedade.</p>
    <p>Apesar desse desenvolvimento significativo no ABC Cardiol, ainda lutamos para obter o reconhecimento de um de nossos ranques de peri&#243;dicos nacionais (QUALIS) fornecido pela ag&#234;ncia nacional para programas de p&#243;s-gradua&#231;&#227;o, CAPES (Coordena&#231;&#227;o de Aperfei&#231;oamento de Pessoal de N&#237;vel Superior).<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> A tentativa correta da institui&#231;&#227;o de ter apenas uma nota de classifica&#231;&#227;o para cada peri&#243;dico cient&#237;fico, independentemente de sua &#225;rea ou categoria espec&#237;fica, trope&#231;ou na utiliza&#231;&#227;o de percentis de cada &#225;rea de pesquisa. Por exemplo, o fator de impacto mais alto e o n&#250;mero de peri&#243;dicos com fator de impacto muito alto variam consideravelmente de acordo com &#225;reas de pesquisa espec&#237;ficas. Isso torna as compara&#231;&#245;es de percentis entre peri&#243;dicos pertencentes a diferentes sub&#225;reas de pesquisa completamente imprecisas e injustas. Na categoria de sistema card&#237;aco e cardiovascular que inclui a Cardiologia, onde o ABC Cardiol est&#225; inserido, o maior fator de impacto &#233; 23,603 com muitos peri&#243;dicos com fatores de impacto extremamente altos. Isso constitui um uso indevido do fator de impacto dos peri&#243;dicos.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> Nenhum dos fatores como os elevados padr&#245;es &#233;ticos, apoio de nossa sociedade profissional, publica&#231;&#227;o simult&#226;nea em ingl&#234;s e no idioma local, nosso uso intenso das m&#237;dias sociais e nossa rede de estudiosos e acad&#234;micos jamais foram considerados pela CAPES. Isso representa uma falta de compreens&#227;o do que &#233; ci&#234;ncia relevante, que deve incluir o verdadeiro impacto dos artigos acad&#234;micos, n&#227;o apenas uma novidade, mas tamb&#233;m a adequa&#231;&#227;o dos m&#233;todos, a solidez &#233;tica e a relev&#226;ncia para a comunidade cient&#237;fica local e global. O QUALIS CAPES foi pego em muitas fal&#225;cias como o argumento dedutivo, indutivo, de autoridade, ad hominem.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> Corre&#231;&#245;es urgentes s&#227;o necess&#225;rias antes que danos graves sejam causados de maneira definitiva &#224; Ci&#234;ncia Brasileira.</p>
    <p>Lidar com n&#250;meros frios de pontua&#231;&#245;es de classifica&#231;&#227;o para peri&#243;dicos &#233; um neg&#243;cio complexo e enganoso.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> No entanto, uma abordagem mais c&#237;vica e patri&#243;tica, com o objetivo final de encaminhar a ci&#234;ncia e os cientistas brasileiros por meio do uso de peri&#243;dicos cient&#237;ficos nacionais como ve&#237;culo para divulgar sua melhor ci&#234;ncia &#233; o caminho certo a seguir.</p>
    <p>Por fim, apesar da injusti&#231;a de nossas institui&#231;&#245;es nacionais, continuaremos buscando o objetivo de manter o ABC Cardiol como uma publica&#231;&#227;o cient&#237;fica de excel&#234;ncia em Cardiologia, e consolidar a ci&#234;ncia em nossa sociedade.</p>
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        <institution content-type="original">Universidade de S&#227;o Paulo Faculdade de Medicina Hospital das Cl&#237;nicas Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brazil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c01001"><bold>Mailing Address: Carlos E. Rochitte &#8226;</bold> Av. Dr. En&#233;as de Carvalho Aguiar 44 - Andar AB - Resson&#226;ncia &amp; Tomografia - Cerqueira C&#233;sar - 05403-000 - S&#227;o Paulo, SP &#8211; Brazil E-mail: rochitte@cardiol.br, rochitte@incor.usp.br</corresp>
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        <kwd>Bibliometrics</kwd>
        <kwd>Metrics</kwd>
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      <p>ABC Cardiol, the Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, an official journal of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology has been the premier scientific journal for conveying cardiovascular science publications in Brazil. In 2018 as the new editor-in-chief, I proposed two main approaches to further increase ABC Cardiol relevance in the scientific community. The first one was to increase our journal impact factor, which had been stabilized slightly above 1 and, secondly to increase the internationalization of the journal, which was recommended by Scielo.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
      <p>Our most recent journal impact factor (2019) is 1.450 and the 5-year impact factor of 1.724, the highest in our history. Additionally, the number of citations in a given year also reached its all-time highest number of 3065 citations in just one year ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f01001">Figure 1</xref> ). There has been an upward trend of our journal impact factor, from the previous 1.318 (2017) and highest impact at 1.679 (2018)<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f02001">Figure 2</xref> ). International collaboration has been increasing significantly. Currently, about 11% of our published articles are from authors of more than one country (multinational, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f03001">Figure 3</xref> ), and 22% of articles are originating from countries other than Brazil ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f04001">Figure 4</xref> ). Our editorial board has now international associated editors that are the angular stone for increasing international collaboration and publications in the ABC Cardiol. Moreover, collaboration with the international scientific community and societies has been boosted.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
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          <label>Figure 1</label>
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            <title>&#8211; ABC Cardiol number of total citations per year (Journal of Citation Reports &#8211; JCR &#8211; Clarivate).</title>
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          <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-115-06-1044-01206-gf01-en.jpg"/></fig>
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      <p>
        <fig id="f02001">
          <label>Figure 2</label>
          <caption>
            <title>&#8211; ABC Cardiol 2-year Journal Impact Factor from 2009 to 2019 (Journal of Citation Reports &#8211; JCR &#8211; Clarivate).</title>
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          <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-115-06-1044-01206-gf02-en.jpg"/></fig>
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        <fig id="f03001">
          <label>Figure 3</label>
          <caption>
            <title>&#8211; ABC Cardiol number of articles signed by more than one Country per year, from 1999 to 2019 (Scimago Journal).</title>
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          <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-115-06-1044-01206-gf03-en.jpg"/></fig>
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        <fig id="f04001">
          <label>Figure 4</label>
          <caption>
            <title>&#8211; ABC Cardiol number of publications by Country in 2018 and 2019 (Web of Science &#8211; Clarivate).</title>
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          <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-115-06-1044-01206-gf04-en.jpg"/></fig>
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      <p>We have also increased our requirements for excellent articles and reviews.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> Guidelines and statements have become an educational source of updating knowledge for medical professionals. ABC Cardiol has implemented a continuous line of scientific publications of high-quality guidelines ranging from prevention, and lifestyle to advanced cardiology. This specific role has an intrinsic link to our social responsibility as a scientific journal that is to bring the benefits of science to our society.</p>
      <p>Despite this significant development in the ABC Cardiol, we still struggle to get recognition from one of our national journal rank (QUALIS) provided by our country agency for post-graduation programs, CAPES (Coordena&#231;&#227;o de Aperfei&#231;oamento de Pessoal de N&#237;vel Superior).<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> The agency correct attempt to have only one rank score for each scientific journal, independently of its specific area or category stumbled by the use of percentiles of each research area. For example, the highest impact factor and the number of very high impact factor journals vary considerably according to the specific research area. This makes percentile comparisons between journals belonging to different research sub-areas completely inaccurate and unfair. In the cardiac and cardiovascular system category that includes Cardiology, where ABC Cardiol is inserted, the highest impact factor is 23.603 with many journals with extremely high impact factors. This constitutes a clear misuse of Journal impact factor.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> None of the critical factors such as high ethical standards, support of our professional society, publication in English and local language simultaneously, our very intense use of social media, and our scholar and academic network were ever considered by CAPES. This represents a lack of understanding of what is relevant science, which should include the true impact of academic articles, not only a novelty but also methods adequacy, ethical soundness, and relevance to the scientific community locally and globally. The QUALIS from CAPES was captured in many fallacies such as the deductive, inductive, argument from authority, and ad hominem argument.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> Urgent corrections are needed before severe damage is definitively made to Brazilian Science.</p>
      <p>Dealing with cold numbers of Journals rank scores is a tricky business,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> nonetheless, a more civic and patriotic approach, with the ultimate goal of forwarding Brazilian science and scientists through using national scientific journals as the vehicle for communicating their best science is the right way to go.</p>
      <p>Finally, despite the unfairness of our national agencies, we will continue to pursue the goal of maintaining ABC Cardiol as a scientific publication of excellence in Cardiology and consolidate science in our society.</p>
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