Great expectations

Abstract

Journal (SPMJ) are priorities. It is our intention, and duty, to establish closer contact with specialist societies and offer the SPMJ as a vehicle for scientific publication at international level. A large proportion of the specialist societies do not have scientific journals indexed in the Medline database, and the SPMJ could be the ideal means for publishing Brazilian scientific studies that are produced. It is known that a sizable portion of the scientific production of specialist Brazilian congresses does not reach publication in scientific journals. 1,2Therefore, it is up to us, i.e. authors, editors and editorial board members, to push forward publication of our studies. Only through hard work together will we be able to achieve the desired goal of strong and effective national science.Evidence-based medicine is increasingly important, both within Brazilian medicine and internationally. The SPMJ has the objective of publishing papers from all areas of medicine, with a focus on evidence-based medicine. Original articles, systematic reviews, cases reports and Cochrane highlights are published. The SPMJ has now been indexed in the ISI Journal Citation Reports database for two years.1,2 This has consolidated our journal among the highest-regarded in the country, and has given it visibility worldwide. In fact, we are now receiving a variety of studies from researchers outside of Brazil, and this number is on the rise. 2 This is the context within which we intend to expand our actions further.Where Brazilian periodicals are heading, and their future, was a topic greatly discussed by the outgoing board over the last three years, and it continues to be a matter of concern for the Brazilian scientific community. [3][4][5][6] It is known that Brazilian researchers prefer to publish their material in foreign journals, rather than in Brazilian journals. 7 Through making this choice, the standing of the postgraduate program to which they are linked is improved, their articles achieve higher impact factors and their H index is increased. However, the search for greater visibility and quality of national production can be assessed not only through the articles, but also through greater qualification of our periodicals, so that they are recognized internationally. 7The impact factor published by the Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters) provides an (imperfect) measurement of the quality of periodicals, but does not in any way measure the quality of each article published in a given journal. 1,5 Theoretically, it would be much more appropriate to count the number of citations received for each article, as a measurement of its quality. However, such a procedure would have limited applicability for evaluating the scientific production of postgraduate students and their supervisors. 5The particular features of each area of interest or each specialty need to be taken into consideration and respected. Support and incentives need to be expanded: these could come in the form of bursaries for editors, financial support for p...

Avaliação e prescrição de exercícios físicos: uma abordagem interdisciplinar para a saúde e qualidade de vida

“…Sendo assim, todas as observações técnicas devem ser levadas em conta, porque elas são o resultado da observação e da experiência, tendo como fim unicamente mostrar a maneira pela qual se economiza energias, afastando a fadiga muscular. Para isso, torna-se necessário que os movimentos sejam executados com a maior perfeição possível, descontraídos e ritmados (FERNANDES, 2003).…”