J Appl Oral Sci. 472
Edit or ial
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-77572014ed006
2014;22(6):472
Eight year s of an out st anding exper ience as t he Edit or-
in-Chief of t he Jour nal of Applied Oral Science ( JAOS)
Over t he last eight years, I had t he privilege of being t he Edit or- in- Chief of t he Jour nal of Applied Oral Science ( JAOS) , one of t he richest
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car eer. Wit h an im pact f act or of 0 . 8 0 3 in t he Journal Citation Reports ( JCR) , JAOS is cur r ent ly ranked in t he 66t h posit ion am ong t he 82 j our nals in t he Dent ist r y, Oral Sur ger y & Med icin e cat eg or y. Th is is t h e 2n d b est per for m ance of t he j our nal since it s inclusion in t his prest igious int ernat ional dat abase, wit h a low level of self- cit at ions and a sm all num ber of ar t icles aut hor ed by t he facult y, st udent s a n d r e se a r ch e r s o f t h e Ba u r u Sch o o l o f Dent ist ry / Universit y of São Paulo ( FOB/ USP) ,
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is r elat ed t o t he ranking am ong t he Brazilian j our nals indexed in JCR; out of 106 nat ional j our nals t hat t ake par t in t his dat abase JAOS occupies t he 33r d place. Also as far as t he int ernat ionalizat ion, it is wort h m ent ioning t he indexat ions in ot her respect ed dat abases such as SciELO, SCOPUS, MEDLI NE/ PubMed, Web of Science and PubMed Cent ral. The publicat ion of ahead of print ar t icles and t he adopt ion of Scholar One as t he online subm ission syst em as w ell as t he 'iJital 2EMeFt ,denti¿er ( DOI ) ar e ot her gr eat achievem ent s of t he JAOS.
I t gives m e j oy and pr oud t o look back and r ealize all t his evolut ion of our j our nal, but at t he sam e t im e I have t he obligat ion t o ack n ow led g e all of t h ose p eop le w h o, in a gr eat t eam w or k , con t r ibu t ed t o t h is success. I t w ould be im possible t o m ake such achievem ent s by m yself.
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of t he Deans of FOB, Pr ofessor Luiz Fer nando Pegorar o, w ho appoint ed m e for t his posit ion in 2006, Pr ofessor José Car los Per eira and Professor Maria Aparecida de Andrade Moreira Machado. I t is r em ar k able t he ent husiasm , fr eedom and uncondit ional suppor t t hat t hese Dean s g av e u s t o ad op t ed it or ial p olicies aim ing at increasing t he int ernat ional visibilit y of t he j our nal and t he qualit y of t he paper s p u b l i sh ed . I al so h av e t o em p h asi ze t h e
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FOB, Rect or y of USP and public agencies such as CNPq, CAPES and FAPESP, w hich act ually m ade t he changes possible.
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par t icipat ion of aut hor s, w ho chose t he JAOS t o publish t heir w orks, and t he review ers, w ho anonym ously and diligent ly gave t heir opinions t o im prove t he qualit y of t he art icles subm it t ed t o t he j our nal.
The Associat e Edit or s, appoint ed by our Dean s du e t o t h e gr ow in g in t er est of t h e
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im por t ant r ole in t he m anagem ent and r eview of t he subm issions. As r espect ed aut hor it ies
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cont r ibut ed for a r educt ion in t he r esponse t im e t o t he aut hor s and consequent ly in t he wait ing t im e for publicat ion of t he ar t icles. I also highlight t he im port ance and com m it m ent of Dr. Gust avo Pom per m aier Gar let , t he Co-Edit or - in - Ch ief, a dedicat ed colleagu e w h o over t he last t w o year s w or ked t ir elessly t o help m e m anage all t he subm issions t o t he j our nal. Dur ing t his per iod he was also able t o get fam iliar w it h t he adm inist rat ive rout ine.
Anot her m aj or r eason for JAOS’s success is t he dedicat ion and pr ofessionalism of our em ployees Valér ia Cr ist ina Tr indade Fer raz, Jo s é Ro b e r t o Pl á c i d o Am a d e i , D e b o r a h Sch m id t Cap ella Ju n q u eir a, Sôn ia Cláu d ia An t o n e l l i Pi r o l a , N e i m a r Vi t o r Pa v a r i n i , Rubens Kazuo Kat o and Allan Rodr igo Dias,
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responsible for t he execut ion of all t he changes afor em ent ioned. I n t his t eam I also include Zelm a Bat ist a Bor g es, Fin an cial Tech n ical Assist ant , w ho per fect ly obser ved t he legal aspect s for t he good use of t he public funding t o t he JAOS. I hope t his adm ired and respect ed t eam accept s m y deepest apologies for t he r equest s I m ade m or e em phat ically.
Fin ally, in t h is t r an sit ion per iod, I w an t t o se n d m y b e st w i sh e s t o D r. Gu st a v o Pom per m aier Gar let , Edit or- in- Chief, and Dr. Kar in Her m ana Neppelenbr oek, Co- Edit or- in-Chief, appoint ed by our Dean on Novem ber 11t h, 2014. I pr edict gr eat achievem ent s fr om t heir leader ship such as t he adopt ion of a plagiar ism det ect ion soft war e. I hum bly offer
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Now, I am r eady for new challenges!
Thank you for your at t ent ion,
