III REUNIO DE COORDENAO REGIONAL DA BVS

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III REUNIÃO DE COORDENAÇÃO REGIONAL DA BVS
ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORES CIENTÍFICOS
ABEC, BRASIL

• Lewis Joel GreeneEditor Brazilian Journal of
  Medical and Biological Research

Medical School of Ribeirão Preto University of
São Paulo - Brazil
6 de Maio de 2003, Puebla, México
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ABEC

• Founded in 1985
• Stimulated and supported by Wilson Chagas Araújo
  Microbiologist/Science Administrator of FINEP.
  Chagas understood that journals were necessary
  for the development of science in developing
  countries
• Program for the Support of Scientific Journals
  FINEP/CNPq
• 1984 to present
• US 1,000,000/year for 100-150 journals
• Representatives of ABEC participate with CNPq and
  others in the analysis of requests.

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ABEC

• Objectives
• Develop and improve the publication of scientific
  journals.
• Improve the communication of information.
• Maintain the exchange of ideas.
• Debate problems and defend common interests.
• Note All areas of intellectual activity are
  included in the phrase scientific journals.

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ABEC
National Meetings 1. General topics and ideas -
evaluation of journals, electronic journals,
ethics of publishing, impact factors. 2.
Governmental policies concerning science and
scientific journals. 3. Journal format. 4.
Meetings of small groups by area.
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ABEC
Courses How to Write a paper Manage a
journal Conduct peer review Control paper
flow in a journal Select the size of a
journal Select key words Write an
abstract Written notes are distributed at all
meetings and courses.
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ABEC
1984 Meeting Minas Gerais 1985 Meeting São
Paulo 1988 Meeting Ribeirão Preto 1992
Meeting Minas Gerais 1994 Meeting Minas
Gerais 124 1994 Course São Paulo 58 1994
Course Rio de Janeiro 49 1994
Course Brasília 59 1995 Course Itatiaia
71 1995 Course Blumenau 45 1996
Meeting Minas Gerais 171
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ABEC
1996 Course Fortaleza
102 1997 Course Belém 132 1997
Course Recife 85 1998 Meeting Minas Gerais
131 1999 Course Petrópolis 133 2000
Course Belém 116 2000 Meeting IFSE-RIO
247 2001 Course Brasília 70 2001
Meeting Atibaia 175 2001 Course
Atibaia 124 2002 Course Paraná 131
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ABEC
THE INVENTION OF SciElo IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC
JOURNAL PUBLISHING VISIBILITY ACCESSIBILITY
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ABEC
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF ABEC
WAS TO ACT AS MIDWIFE FOR THE BIRTH OF SciElo
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ABEC
Unfinished Business 1. Development of methods to
evaluate scientific journals 2. Registry of all
Brazilian journals - some specialized lists
exist 3. Support the development of software to
manage journals that can be used in a network 4.
Brazilian Current Contents?