New steps for the international consolidation of the Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000400001 ranking achieved and the impact factor itself, that the path followed by the Journal over the last few years has always been based on the dissemination of quality respiratory science. As previously mentioned, the impact factor of the BJP will still reflect the effects of that penalty over at least the next two years, because of the mechanism through which impact factors are calculated. Nevertheless, the return of the BJP to that annual list consolidates its position among the journals that are of greatest importance in disseminating knowledge in respiratory medicine worldwide. In addition, in late July, SCImago cites per document index (which uses the Scopus database and is calculated in a similar way to the ISI impact factor) was published, and the BJP was assigned 1.45, reinforcing the Journal’s position as one of the most important science journals in Brazil. This strengthens our responsibility with regard to the sustained growth of the BJP in the coming years. To ensure this growth, structural changes have been made. We are in the final stages of changing the article submission system. As from September, we will use ScholarOne. This is the new platform that will be available to our authors, reviewers, and editors. The ScholarOne system is more modern and efficient, as well as being the model used by various journals of high international impact. The main goal of this migration is to facilitate and expedite the process of submission and review of articles, which is essential for extending the Journal’s presence in the international arena, as well as being an added incentive for the participation of international authors and reviewers. Another important achievement, which was completed on July 2014, is that the BJP content is now available through PubMed Central (PMC), which is the U.S. National Institutes of Health/ National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM) digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal New steps for the international consolidation of the Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology