“…With great pride, examining the past, I note that all of them have been effectively achieved, perhaps even overfulfilled. The time between the article’s submission and its actual publication was reduced to a maximum of 12 months; 3 we were indexed in PubMed, 6 the most important bibliographic database in health sciences; we quadrupled the scientific impact of the journal on the SCImago database; 7 and conquered an increase in Qualis/Capes * evaluation within the dentistry area in Brazil. 7 We are today the fifth orthodontic journal in total number of citations ( cites per doc /3 years) in the world and, among the Brazilian scientific journals, we jumped from 162 nd position in the SJR ( SCImago Journal & Country Rank ) in 2012 to 37 th in 2017.…”