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Editorial
Ramb: new pathways
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.60.06.001
The Brazilian Medical Association, understanding that
the
Journal of the Brazilian Medical Association
(
Ramb
) should
follow the worldwide trend among scientific periodicals,
decided that, from 2015 on, the journal will be published
in online format only.
To do so, the Board is taking measures to optimize
the journal’s website
(www.ramb.org.br), aiming at mo-
dernizing it and making it more functional. Thus, in ad-
dition to submissions and follow-up of articles, which
were already done through the website,
starting next year,
the editions will also include articles and sections presen-
ted in online format.
The
Ramb
website will provide immediate access to
the latest journal issue finalized in PDF format, as well
as previous volumes that will be available through
the
SciELO link. This link offers all the printed volumes sin-
ce 1997, when the magazine was still quarterly, having
been transformed into a bimonthly journal in 2004.
The submission process will not change: articles will
only be submitted through the
www.ramb.org.brpage.
After prior approval, they will be forwarded to peer review.
Approved articles will follow the usual path for publica-
tion, that is, according to the order of submission. The
process adopted for the printed format will continue so
that, before the magazine is published online, the authors
will receive a PDF of the article for review.
We also emphasize that this change is part of an edi-
torial improvement process, in order to raise the journal’s
impact factor. On July 29 this year, Thomson Reuters re-
leased through its ISI Web Knowledge portal
,
the 2014
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) list with impact indica-
tors for 2013 based on citation data statistics.
Ramb
is
growing every year and, at present, has an impact factor
of 0.915, above the 0.771 received in the previous classi-
fication.
This change will not affect the indexing of our journal,
properly inserted in the most prestigious national and in-
ternational databases. In addition to the previously cited
JCR, it is indexed to other databases, including: SciELO,
SCImago (SJR), Elsevier’s Scopus, Lilacs, PubMed (Medli-
ne), Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Knowled-
ge), Scopus, Qualis/Capes – B2.
We hope we can continue to count on the valuable
collaboration of all those involved in this process in or-
der to strengthen the
Journal of the Brazilian Medical Asso-
ciation
, which has a long, established and reputable his-
tory among Brazilian scientific publications, and is
published continuously since 1954.
Carlos V. Serrano Jr.
Managing Editor
Journal of the Brazilian Medical Association
(
Ramb
)