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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 101, Num. 1, 2006, pp. 1-1
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 101, No.1,
February 2006, pp. 1
Memórias
do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz: tradition and inovation
José Rodrigues Coura, Luciane
de Carvalho B Willcox
Code Number: oc06001
The
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, officially created
by Oswaldo Cruz in 1907 to divulge researches developed at the Institute,
had its first volume publicated in 1909 (Tome I). During this 96
years of existence, the journal developed with several inovations
until the publication of volume 100, in 2005, maintaining its scientific
excelence and tradition. From volume 75, published in 1980, the
Memórias launched a progressive process of modernization
turning into an international journal, publishing papers from Brazilian
and foreign scientists from all over the World. Consequently, from
1987 on, the Memórias started publishing its articles
preferentially in English for a better disclosure. Indexed by the
Science Citation Index and other international indexes it is considered
by Bioline one of the most consulted international journal in the
biomedical field in Latin America and the fourth most cited in the
field of Tropical Medicine in the whole World.
A
new era to Memórias
From
the first issue of Volume 101, the Memórias do Instituto
Oswaldo Cruz intends to initiate a "new era", not
only in its dinamic of scientific production, turning the editorial
process quicker by incentivating the virtual contact of authors,
referees, and the Editorial Office, but also with the creation of
a new session: Readers' Opinion and Discussion, to publish
comments on published papers with authors' replies, which we consider
much more dinamic than the "Letter to the Editor", which
seems slightly static. With this session we expect to dynamize the
discussion on published papers.
Another
inovation intended to be implemented is the development of thematic
issues focusing subjects of great importance to the scientific
community and Public Health. Some of this thematic issues will be
generated by "invitation" to top scientists, and others
will be arising out of international scientific symposium occurred
in Brazil. Among these we are planning an international meeting
on "Social and Epidemiological Determinants of Chagas Disease
on the South Cone, Andean Countries, Amazon Region, Central America,
and Mexico and its Repercussion in Non-endemic Countries throughout
International Migrations", sponsored by the European Union,
to be held in Rio de Janeiro from February 20 to 23rd, 2006 with
papers being published in a thematic issue of the Memórias.
Considering
the multidisciplinarity of the Memórias and the dificulty
to make submitted articles to fit in specific sessions of the journal,
from the present issue on, we will be separating the papers into
three main categories: Reviews, which shall be incentivated,
Articles, and Short Communications. Eventualy we may
publish Technical Reports and the new session Readers'
Opinion and Discussion, which will be stimulated to dynamize
the discussion on published papers.
Finally,
we will carry on with the project of digitalization of the complete
collection of the Memórias, since its first volume,
and its virtual distribution, which we believe will bring a high
impact to our journal by making it internationally accessible
José Rodrigues
Coura
Scientific Editor
Luciane
de Carvalho B Willcox
Administrative Editor
Copyright 2006 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz
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