Consolidating in the present, with an eye to the future

The need for a balance between highly prevalent diseases and neglected diseases

“… 13 However, it is more than necessary in an environment such as ours, in which there is considerable heterogeneity in terms of the availability of resources and access to knowledge. The fruits of this attempt, initiated four years ago, will be known only in the (not too distant) future 14 . Nevertheless, it was undoubtedly a journey of absolute learning and exchange with the most distinguished researchers in Brazil, a significant number of whom are on the editorial board of our Journal, having been active participants in this journey.…”

JBP and bibliometric índices

“…It is important to emphasize the concept that the indices used for the evaluation of the various scientific publications are not the sole determinant of the relevance of such publications and, sometimes, even create additional complicating factors. 2 We need to maintain our commitment to increasing our visibility without losing focus on the formative character that our Journal has, particularly in Brazil. However, the metric by which the national publications are evaluated in the Brazilian graduate system does not take that into account, giving importance only to the impact factor and making large research groups less interested in the national publications.…”