2015: Year of Transition

initiated a series of changes in 2015 aimed at celebrating its 30 anniversary in 2016. The most important ones were the adoption of English as the official language and the change of periodicity from quarterly to bimonthly, with two more regular annual editions. Every transition brings expectations, but despite the difficulties that crop up during this process, I believe we can follow the path without too many mishaps, thanks to the efforts of the Editorial Board, Associate Editors, Editorial Council and staff and Board of Directors of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (BSCVS) which gave essential support for us to begin and continue this process. We have removed the rest of the content in Portuguese still present in the magazine (title, abstract and key words and name in Portuguese Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular) since the volume 30.5, making it definitely a periodical only in English. I repeat that English is the official language of science in the world and if we want to become part of the mainstream of scientific communication, the required standards must be followed. Our website (www.bjcvs.org) is also undergoing revision and updating in order to be more interactive and “friendly”, facilitating the process of submission and review of the manuscripts. We intend to make it more attractive and, therefore, glean new readers and authors interested in submitting their manuscripts. Let’s celebrate our 30 years of uninterrupted publications and services provided to the Brazilian cardiovascular surgery and related fields the way this date deserves it. The 43 Congress of the BSCVS, to be held April 7-9 in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, will have part of its programming dedicated to the BJCVS, and certainly will please the participants with whom we will gladly share our 30 year anniversary celebration. In all 2016 issues, we are going to publish comments of Directors of the BSCVS, Departments and its Members, as well as all of our Editorial Board and BSCVS partners who wish to contribute their exegesis regarding this significant date.