New achievements: from submission to disclosure

Thank you very much!

“…For the past 6 years, I have been editor-in-chief of this journal, and this will be my last text in this position. Editorials are free texts, and after 33 of them focused on discussing scientific methodologies, explaining the need for changes 1 - 3 and promoting the growth of this journal 4 and of Brazilian Orthodontics, 5 I ask our readers to let me write a personal text. Gratitude is a reliable and precious asset.…”

“…With great pride, examining the past, I note that all of them have been effectively achieved, perhaps even overfulfilled. The time between the article’s submission and its actual publication was reduced to a maximum of 12 months; 3 we were indexed in PubMed, 6 the most important bibliographic database in health sciences; we quadrupled the scientific impact of the journal on the SCImago database; 7 and conquered an increase in Qualis/Capes * evaluation within the dentistry area in Brazil. 7 We are today the fifth orthodontic journal in total number of citations ( cites per doc /3 years) in the world and, among the Brazilian scientific journals, we jumped from 162 nd position in the SJR ( SCImago Journal & Country Rank ) in 2012 to 37 th in 2017.…”