Abstract:We close the year of 2009 with a 75% increase in the total number of submitted papers (717) received compared to 2008. This evolution demanded a great effort of the editorial body concerning the appraisal of scientific merit of the manuscripts in view of our journal's publication limits. In spite of this, we have been able to reduce the time elapsed between submission and publication, as a result both of the adoption of the pre-evaluation of all the submitted papers and of the use of the Scielo Submission syst… Show more
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