What is the feeling of the editors of a medical journal when it reaches the significant
mark of 1,000 published new scientific articles?On this occasion, the editors and reviewers looking back about what meant these 1,000
papers published in the period of 27 years, from 1986 to 2013, confirms that they worked
very hard to reach this target. Let suppose, if each article has at least 1,000 words,
1,000 articles addressing all possible issues related to digestive surgery will reach a
million words, and this amount certainly corresponds to an encyclopedia!The first article published in 1986 was written by the creator and founder of the Brazilian
Archives of Digestive Surgery (ABCD), Prof. Dr. Henrique Walter Pinotti, about
surgeonpatient relationship[1]. And in the
presentation of a new journal he emphasized that: "This surgical breakthrough resulted in
the publication of many scientific articles and editing books and journals. But even so,
due to the majority of surgical patients are in Gastrointestinal Surgery area, there are
few specialized sources to disseminate up the new information. For some time we have been
considering publishing a journal dedicated to this specialty, with articles by Brazilian
and foreign authors to be distributed abroad, as well as in Brazil. Since English is
commonly used in medical and scientific specialties, would be published in both
languages".Professor Pinotti, in his speech at the beginning of the activities of the Brazilian
College of Digestive Surgery (CBCD ) in 1988 emphasized that : "With education we not only
inform, but we forge high level professionals, which can develop their knowledge, applying
correctly their resources and thus able to benefit the patient. Knowing the limits of their
competence, he will be able also to serve his patient avoiding the worst result of surgery,
which is the iatrogenesis. Our College, in education, should develop the spirit that every
person who wants to teach must have, and also finding the ones that want to learn. And the
success achieved in the safe training can constitute stimuli for new frontiers of
knowledge".During all these years, since the publication of the first issue of the ABCD, many changes
and advances occurred in medicine in general, in the digestive surgery and general surgery;
new methods have emerged, in the preoperative and the postoperative care and also in the
relationship between surgeon-patient[2].
And, undoubtedly, both ABCD and CBCD opened new doors to knowledge and have contributed to
medical education in the country.In 2009 the journal was accepted and included in the list of national journals indexed in
SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), came to be published in Portuguese and
English, getting so more visibility, more value and, as already is accessed online, is
visible for consultation worldwide through internet, thus raising its impact. In addition,
in 2010 also was made an agreement with other surgical associations, and ABCD also became
the official organ for scientific publication of the Brazilian Gastric Cancer Association,
the Brazilian Chapter of the International Hepato- Biliary-Pancreato Association, Study
Group of Pancreatic Diseases and the Brazilian Society of Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery[3]. Later, in 2013, the
Sobracil (Brazilian Society of Videosurgery), was another association that came to
incorporate the ABCD as its official journal for scientific papers.From 2012, it was with great pride that the publishers of the ABCD communicated to all
members and researchers of the related areas (Digestive Surgery, Gastroenterology,
Endoscopy, Digestive Motility, Hepatology, Bariatric Surgery, Videosurgery and others) its
inclusion in the MEDLINE/ PUBMED. Therefore, the journal will be a Brazilian vehicle to
compete with the best journal in the world. ABCD, with these indexations, can positively
contribute with the international ranking of Brazilian publications, climbing one more step
in the number of publications on world[4].The feeling is of great satisfaction and accomplishment towards Brazilians surgeons, to
members of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery and to the society in general. A
journal that published 1,000 papers, all submitted to review of their referees and editors
in regard to their ethical and scientific content, bilingual writing - Portuguese and
English -, with results and conclusions, with good recommendations and with orientative
final messages, certainly, have reached its maturity. We understand that the journal got
greater visibility and even greater national and international accreditation; got higher
quality in intellectual production; the authors were more valued in their scientific field
and, as a result, they submitted higher number of papers to ABCD, contributing to increase
overall national publications.In this opportunity we have to thank the authors and coauthors who believed and sent their
articles to us, contributing to the dissemination of this fantastic and important amount of
knowledge with quality and to the ones who believed in the progress of the journal. We have
to thank the Postgraduate Programs (strict sense) recommended by CAPES, who submitted their
selected studies for publication and to all the editors and researchers who, directly or
indirectly, contributed to the journal be even better. We must also to thank the graphic
publisher Comunicare that contributed with professionalism and expertise on printing and
finishing most part of ABCD existence, as well as the graphic design made by Bruno Ariede
cannot be forgotten in this celebration.In 2014, we will start the electronic submission and internal flow online of the articles,
and a new website specially created to the journal, giving more professionalism to the
whole process and facilitating the authors.Finally, we must dream to aspire growing, to achieve victories and success; to do so, all
of us must have a lot of dedication, great effort and, importantly, with a strong work
team!