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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-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>
        <publisher-loc>S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/S0066-782X2006000300001</article-id>
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          <subject>Editorial</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Uma tarefa desafiadora</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Vilas-Boas</surname>
            <given-names>F&#225;bio</given-names>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2006</year>
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      <volume>86</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>165</fpage>
      <lpage>165</lpage>
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          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2006</year>
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    <p>
      <bold>EDITORIAL</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Uma tarefa desafiadora </p>
    <p>
      <bold>F&#225;bio Vilas-Boas</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Salvador, BA</p>
    <p>
      <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="end">Correspond&#234;ncia</xref>
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    <p>Quando aceitei assumir a fun&#231;&#227;o de Editor dos Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia sabia que seria uma tarefa desafiadora. Nossos objetivos foram definidos claramente, dentro de um projeto bem mais amplo, que envolve v&#225;rias a&#231;&#245;es com um objetivo comum: elevar o fator de impacto dos Arquivos.</p>
    <p>Para quem n&#227;o sabe o que isso significa, o fator de impacto &#233; um coeficiente entre o n&#250;mero de vezes que os Arquivos s&#227;o citados em um determinado ano, em rela&#231;&#227;o ao n&#250;mero de artigos publicados. Quanto maior o fator de impacto, maior a chance de recebermos melhores publica&#231;&#245;es e passarmos a fazer parte da elite das revistas m&#233;dicas internacionais, que s&#227;o aquelas classificadas no ISI (Thomson scientific).</p>
    <p>Por que, enfim, o leitor habitual, que n&#227;o &#233; pesquisador, deveria se importar com isso? Por v&#225;rios motivos. O processo de eleva&#231;&#227;o do impacto envolve a melhora da qualidade dos artigos publicados e a melhora da estrutura interna da revista. As diversas a&#231;&#245;es que ser&#227;o necess&#225;rias para atingir esse objetivo far&#227;o com que o leitor sinta uma diferen&#231;a gradual na revista. Esse processo j&#225; havia sido iniciado nas duas &#250;ltimas gest&#245;es, e nossa tarefa ser&#225; evitar solu&#231;&#227;o de continuidade. Para tanto, dentre v&#225;rias a&#231;&#245;es, convidamos a futura Editora dos Arquivos para se juntar a esse projeto, reformulamos a editoria de &#225;rea, o conselho editorial e o conselho de revisores.</p>
    <p>Outras a&#231;&#245;es v&#234;m sendo realizadas em &#226;mbito internacional para ampliar o alcance dos Arquivos. Por&#233;m, o dever de casa n&#227;o tem sido feito por n&#243;s, os brasileiros. Seria muito importante que os autores brasileiros que est&#227;o publicando em revistas internacionais se preocupassem em citar os Arquivos. Citar artigos de colegas de outro grupo nacional &#233; uma atitude enobrecedora, que eleva o valor do artigo original na medida em que contribui para que a Cardiologia do seu pa&#237;s se torne mais respeitada internacionalmente. A interpreta&#231;&#227;o internacional &#233; de que, se est&#225; havendo cita&#231;&#245;es, &#233; porque est&#225; havendo pesquisa no nosso pa&#237;s, e isso &#233; bom para todos! </p>
    <p>Nossos planos incluem ainda a cria&#231;&#227;o da condi&#231;&#227;o de "artigos em prioridade" (o que os americanos chamam de "fast track"). Todos os autores com artigos de alta relev&#226;ncia receber&#227;o a garantia de publica&#231;&#227;o em dois meses, assim como publica&#231;&#227;o on-line antes de impressa. Todos os ganhadores de pr&#234;mios em congressos da SBC ou de seus departamentos e grupos de estudos se qualificar&#227;o para essa condi&#231;&#227;o. Estamos nos esfor&#231;ando para reduzir o tempo entre submiss&#227;o e publica&#231;&#227;o, mas o principal atraso ainda se verifica no retorno do pr&#243;prio autor, quando das adequa&#231;&#245;es do texto solicitadas pelo revisor. Criaremos um sistema de acompanhamento on-line da situa&#231;&#227;o do artigo, por meio do qual o autor poder&#225; saber em que est&#225;gio se encontra a sua revis&#227;o e fazer cobran&#231;as do andamento.</p>
    <p>Manteremos a premia&#231;&#227;o de melhor artigo publicado, que ser&#225; entregue em jantar de gala no final do ano, com a participa&#231;&#227;o dos principais pesquisadores e Chefes dos Servi&#231;os que mais publicaram nos Arquivos durante o ano. </p>
    <p>Assim, em nome de todo o corpo editorial da revista, convido a continuarem lendo os Arquivos e, sobretudo, enviando os seus artigos para publica&#231;&#227;o. Sintam-se &#224; vontade para dirigir suas queixas e sugest&#245;es para o meu endere&#231;o pessoal.</p>
    <p>Cordialmente,</p>
    <p>
      <bold>F&#225;bio Vilas-Boas</bold>
    </p>
    <p> Editor &#150; Chefe</p>
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          <bold>Correspond&#234;ncia</bold>
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        <p> F&#225;bio Vilas-Boas </p>
        <p> Av. Juracy Magalh&#227;es Jr. 2096/610 </p>
        <p> CEP 41920-900 &#150; Salvador, BA </p>
        <p> E-mail: </p>
        <p>
          <email xlink:href="fabiovboas@cardiol.br">fabiovboas@cardiol.br</email>
        </p>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">A challenging assignment</article-title>
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      <p>
        <bold>EDITORIAL</bold>
      </p>
      <p>A challenging assignment </p>
      <p>
        <bold>F&#225;bio Vilas-Boas</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Salvador, BA - Brazil</p>
      <p>
        <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="end-body2">Mailing Address</xref>
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      <p>When I accepted the position of Editor-in-Chief for the Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Brazilian Cardiology Archives) I knew that it would be a challenging assignment. Our objectives were clearly defined, within a much larger project, and involve various activities with a common purpose: to strengthen the impact factor of the Archives.</p>
      <p>For those who are unaware of what this signifies, the impact factor is a ratio between the number of times the Archives are cited and the number of articles published in the journal every year. The higher the impact factor, the greater our chances to receive better publications and become part of the list of elite international medical journals as classified by ISI (Thomson Scientific).</p>
      <p>After all, why would a regular reader, that is not a researcher, be concerned with this? For various reasons. The process of increasing the impact involves not only an improvement in the quality of articles published but also an improvement in the internal structure of the journal. The various activities required to attain this objective will result in gradual transformations in the journal that will be noticed by the reader. This process was initiated by the last two management teams, and our task will be to continue in this direction. With this in mind, our initiatives included an invitation to the future Archives Editor to participate in this project, as well as the reorganization of the area editors, and also of the editorial and revision boards.</p>
      <p>Other initiatives have been undertaken in the international scene to expand the scope of the Archives. However, these recommendations have not been followed by us, the Brazilians. It is essential for Brazilian authors who publish in international journals to become aware of the importance of Archive citations. Citations for articles written by other Brazilian colleagues are a gesture of respect that increases the value of the original article and contributes to the attainment of international recognition for the Cardiology field in Brazil. The international community interprets these citations as evidence of the fact that research is being conducted in our country, and this benefits everyone! </p>
      <p>Our plans also include the creation of priority or "fast track" articles. All authors with highly relevant articles will receive a guarantee of publication within two months, as well as on-line publication before printing. Anyone who has won an award at a SBC conference or from their respective departments and/or study groups will qualify for the publication of a priority article. We are striving to reduce the timeframe between submission and publication, but the main delay is still the author&#146;s response time in regard to text revisions requested by the copy editor. We will create an on-line follow-up system for the articles where the author can track the revision process and question the progress.</p>
      <p>The annual award for the best article published will be presented as usual at the traditional awards dinner held at the end of each year that is attended by the lead researchers and Service Managers who publish the greatest number of articles in the Archives during the year. </p>
      <p>In closing, on behalf of the journal&#146;s publishing staff, I invite you to continue reading the Archives and more importantly, to continue sending your articles for publication. Please do not hesitate to forward any complaints or suggestions to my personal address.</p>
      <p>Sincerely,</p>
      <p>
        <bold>F&#225;bio Vilas-Boas</bold>
      </p>
      <p> Editor in Chief</p>
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          <p>Mailing Address:</p>
          <p> F&#225;bio Vilas-Boas</p>
          <p> Av. Juracy Magalh&#227;es Jr. 2096/610</p>
          <p> 41920-900 &#150; Salvador, BA - Brazil</p>
          <p> E-mail: </p>
          <p>
            <email xlink:href="fabiovboas@cardiol.br">fabiovboas@cardiol.br</email>
          </p>
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