SIBAC (Simpósio Brasileiro de Acarologia) em tempos de conectividade

Abstract

Although not readily recognizable by humanity (mainly due to their small size), mites are found in many environments, directly or indirectly affecting humans. The study of mites in Brazil has become a topic of great relevance. Acarologists periodically meet at SIBAC (Brazilian Symposium of Acarology) events to exchange experiences and professional debates. So far, seven symposia have been held. The last one has just been held in a virtual format, involving the participation of 292 subscribers, coming from 24 federative units in Brazil and 17 other countries.

When the small is beautiful: five years publishing short communications

“…Over the past five years, the editors of Entomological Communications have been looking for ways to speed up internal peer review processes and adapt the journal to good editorial practices required by key bibliographic indicators. Aiming at a wider dissemination of the journal within areas related to entomology, in 2021, we signed an unprecedented partnership with the organizing committee of the VII Brazilian Symposium on Acarology (VII SIBAC) to publish short communications derived from this event (Melo et al 2021), which was held entirely online, due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Articles submitted to the event with the intention of being published in Entomological Communications were first evaluated by the scientific committee, and those approved were submitted to the journal for peer review.…”