Editorial

Abstract

I ince the start of our administration as Editors of the Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular / Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (RBCCV/BJCVS), we have stressed the importance of achieving better standards in the process of elaboration and final presentation of the scientific works, so that our authors have greater international exposure and repercussions. The possibility of greater revelation of an article is a factor of extreme importance at the moment. Additionally, this represents an excellent opportunity of professional growth. A fundamental step in this direction is the publication of articles in an online version of the journal in English, accommodated on the Scielo site (www. scielo. br/scielo. p h p ? s c r i p t = s c i _ s e r i a l & p i d = 0 1 0 2-7638&lng=pt&nrm=iso) from the 17.4 volume onwards. As the idiom that became the standard for communications between people of different origins, English is an essential requisite to obtain greater penetration in the scientific research field too, which is different to Portuguese, which, unfortunately reaches a limited number of people. We had a long meeting with the Operational Coordinator of Scielo, Professor Dr. Abel Laerte Packer, who, agreeing with our position, give his complete support so that this initiative could be made a reality as quickly as possible. However, nothing could be concretized without the collaboration of all the computer technical team,