A presença dos Anais no 60º Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia

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The presence of the Anais at the 60 th Congress of the Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia A presença dos Anais no 60 o Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia During the 60 th Congress of the Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, recently held in Brasília-DF, the Anais promoted a symposium and invited well-known scientific publishing professionals in Brazil. The aim of the meeting was to discuss current topics that are relevant for quality of the journal. The following subjects were discussed: "Relevance of writing in quality of a scientific paper", by Prof. Maria Mércia Barradas, president of the Associação Brasileira de Editores Científicos [Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors] (ABEC); "The importance of methodological design in the final quality of investigation works", by Prof. Edgar Hamann, epidemiologist of the Universidade de Brasília-UnB; "Health descriptors", by Prof. Regina Célia Figueiredo Castro, librarian of BIREME, São Paulo (this subject is further addressed in this Editorial); "Authorship and ethics in scientific publications", by Prof. Bruno Cavalcanti, from the Graduate course in Biodentistry, Universidade Ibirapuera, São Paulo; and "CAPES assessment-scientific production and quality of Brazilian journals", by Prof. Silvio Alencar Marques, from Unesp-Botucatu and associated-editor of the Anais. The last lecture was based on an original work prepared by Prof. Jair Jesus Mari, form the