Countries emerging as major scientific powers

Reviews and guidelines: Evidence of progress and a starting point for standardization and changes

“…In scientific terms, this can be seen in previous editorials of the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (RBHH) and by checking the Scimago Journal Rank (SJR - www.scimagojr.com). We note that the scientific production of Brazil is increasing rapidly with the forecast that it will be one of the top ten science-producing nations in the not too distant future (1,2) .…”

Challenges of emerging countries: barriers to get published

“…As has been reported before, the numbers of Brazilian journals and publications are increasing and the quality is improving. ( 2 , 3 ) More Brazilian journals are entering PubMed with the need to adapt to international requirements. As countries emerge from the 'third world', more money enters the economy and the use of this money improves.…”

The journal in PubMed and the lessons of the SciELO/Fapesp seminar on journal performance

“…With all the hype mixed with the excessive patriotism of a large country and of an emerging country expressed in the event, the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia has learned and followed the strategies of specialty journals that are less favored by funding agencies and by CAPES (7) . Even with the difficulties of a scientific journal that relies on its own finances, it is necessary to learn from the lessons of this and previous events: to overcome barriers, organize the journal's structure, to prepare a fearless and dedicated editorial staff, to expand the editorial board with international members, to start to publish in English and after two years in Lilacs, ExtraMed Scopus and SciELO become indexed in PubMed thereby giving definitive and international visibility to articles (8)(9)(10)(11) . We consider this moment in the history of the journal to be an extremely special, but emblematic, one as achieving indexation in PubMed should just be considered another step in the evolution of the journal, a step that gives a greater degree of responsibility to the hematology and transfusion medicine community as a whole.…”