Palavras do Prof. Dr. Domingo M. Braile

Abstract

I e have started this year with a very stimulating perspective for the Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (BJCVS). After being carefully prepared, a dossier requesting our inclusion in Medline was sent in February to the National Library of Medicine in the United States of America. We are confident of a positive response will be forthcoming, as our journal fulfils the necessary requisites to be linked to this important database. Our expectations increased in the beginning of march after receiving, a letter from the coordinator of the Selection Committee, Richard Better, communicating receipt of the document and requesting that we continue to send the printed copies until a decision is made. The complete letter is on page 90. Our optimism is also due to the fact that other Brazilian scientific publications were recently accepted in Medline. We would like to thank the effort of those who have worked so hard during the preparation of the dossier-Scielo, Bireme, librarians and the Editorial Staff of the BJCVS-and who dedicated so much to the task at hand. If we are accepted, the responsibility of allthe editor, associated editors, Editorial Council and authors-will increase significantly. The demands will be even greater and we will need better elaborated and presented articles, attempting to rigidly follow the established norms for authors. The review of existing articles will be of extreme importance too. Authors are encouraged to cite articles that were previously published in the BJCVS, in order to increase the merit or our publication. We are sure that everyone, as has always happened, will do their best to improve the journal's position both at international and national levels. Publication of protocols will be extremely welcome. International journals are opening