Three years ago I accepted the challenge of being the editor of Revista Dor, Pesquisa, Clínica e Terapêutica, the most important publication in the area of pain in our country and the only one totally aimed at this subject. Indexation in Scielo and Latindex databases had been achieved few months ago and perspectives for new horizons were being opened.
Our journal has grown throughout these years. In fact, it has matured. We have submissions from an increasingly broader universe of clinical and experimental studies coming from different professions and specialties, involving physicians, dentists, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and occupational therapists, among others. Studies are no longer concentrated in some regions and there are contributions from throughout Brazil.
We were able to expand our body of editors and we count on the increasingly sounder presence of engaged ad hocs, which favors faster reviews. Online submission is an important landmark of this administration and a fundamental step for new indexations. There is a well-defined editorial process flow which may be followed step-by-step. Our team of secretariat, translation and publication support is uniform. The access to articles is open, allowing them to be read in English anywhere in the world. Finally, we were able to reach a point of journal consolidation, making it ready for new times.
Quo vadis? Future is expecting us with good projection promises. We hope that this work continues to progress and that our Revista Dor, today more leafy and complete, may give the best fruits deserved by Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor. I greatly appreciate the last two boards for trusting our team to carry out this work.
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Oct-Dec 2015
