editorials February 01, 2015 February 01, 2015

Collaboration and learning

DOI: 10.1590/2359-3997000000001

In December 2014, I completed a four-year period as the editor-in-chief of the Brazilian Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism (ABE&M). I was honored and satisfied for having completed this period with the collaboration of such hardworking associated editors. I thank each one of them for their patience, for the time they dedicated to the journal, their integrity, and their critical analysis and didactics in the interface between authors and reviewers, during the flow of the manuscripts submitted to publication in the ABE&M. Similarly, I thank all the editorial body and the reviewers, who are the pillars for the agility and rapidity between the submission and publication of the article, always with the logistic support of our editorial assistance secretary.

Rigor and care in the evaluation of the manuscripts are determinant factors in the performance by citations, in the relevance of the studies published, and in the quality of the articles. In this sense, it is also important that not only issues are regular (we kept the journal with nine issues per year), but also the number of articles per year (greater than 80). In order to regulate the publishing procedures in ABE&M after publication, the publishing authorization and copyright cession term, a tool for the transference of the copyright to ABE&M, was created with the aid of the Juridical Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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