Evolução recente e perspectivas da revista Matéria

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accesos que en 2005 era de cerca de 4.800 por mes, alcanzó más de 12.000 por mes en 2006, logrando al final del año marcas mensuales superiores a 22.000 accesos. Con la entrada en el SciELO, se espera que ese número sea aún más grande en 2007. Esto es una demostración de que la revista está siendo utilizada de forma consistente por la comunidad científica latinoamericana, a la cual se destina. Es también importante mencionar que la revista Materia es de acceso gratuito, caso raro entre revistas científicas de calidad, garantizando así acceso a la información a todos los investigadores latino-americanos del área de materiales y afines.Participe también de ese esfuerzo, enviando artículos para publicación en la Revista Materia que contemplen el mejor de su producción científica sobre el área de materiales y ofreciéndose disponible para ayudar en el importante, necesario y laborioso proceso de revisión de artículos por los pares.En nombre de los miembros del Cuerpo Editorial y del Apoyo Editorial de la revista, aprovecho para agradecer a todos los que han contribuido con la revista en 2006 y también para desearles un feliz y productivo año de 2007.Cordialmente, Paulo Emílio V. de Miranda (materia@labh2.coppe.ufrj.br) Editor-Jefe Revista Matéria Recent Progress and Prospects for the Journal MateriaThe year of 2006 was a very significant one for the journal Materia, concerning its editorial organization. This was the year in which the journal was accepted by SciELO, an important Latin-American indexing agent that will give it yet more visibility. But it was also the year in which all the documents of current use by the journal were rewritten, such as instructions to the authors, the template file used as guide for writing articles, the document for confirmation of authorship and copy-right transfer, being now all presented in three languages, English, Portuguese and Spanish. Besides that, the Editorial Board was enlarged and this last edition of the year is publishing a complete listing of all those who participated in the enormous effort involving the peerreviewing of articles.It was also in 2006 that the number of articles received for publication increased considerably. For the first time the section Publication Proofs was presented, showing the papers already reviewed and accepted for publication that still undergo formatting adjustments and constitute a waiting listing in the publication agenda. Because of this enlarged number of articles submitted for publication, the journal has made a base publication plan for the whole year of 2007. It will be subjected to content modifications during the year to include the new articles that will be spontaneously sent to the journal during the year, which will be immediately analyzed to know if they are adequate considering the journal's objective and also the journal's formatting requirements, before entering the peer-reviewing process.It is also important mentioning that within these last twelve months the number of accesses to the journal's site has increased splendidly....

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