Editorial
Editorial http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-77572017ed002
New impact of the Journal of Applied Oral Science
On June 14th, 2017, the Bauru School of Dentistry
Sciences, Health Sciences (including all publications
(FOB), University of São Paulo (USP) received with
indexed in Medline/PubMed electronic database),
huge enthusiasm the great news of the 1.342 impact
Physical and Social Sciences; Cochrane Library, an
factor for the Journal of Applied Oral Science (JAOS)
electronic database consisting of updated medical
in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), 2016 Science
information sources based on evidence and systematic
Edition. Out of the 90 journals indexed in this database
reviews; and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE),
in the Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine category,
published by Thomson Scientific, which qualified
JAOS is ranked at the 56 place and the 3 quartile.
JAOS as an international publication since very few
Among all the Brazilian journals indexed in JCR, JAOS
dental journals are indexed in this database, thus
is the 11th out of 111 journals and presents the greatest
demonstrating its highly selective inclusion criteria and
impact factor of dental journals.
procedures for acceptance in the collection, available
®
th
rd
JAOS' ascension trajectory is the result of hard
through Web of Science® and the online version Sci
work, initiated by former Editors-in-Chief and Associate
Search®. As a result, JAOS was able to achieve a ¿rst
Editors, with the collaboration of the technical team
impact factor in JCR in 2009 (0.386). Dr. Santos also
and unrestricted support of current and previous
introduced several changes in the journal's editorial
Deans of FOB-USP since its foundation. In 2003, the
management, mainly with the implementation of an
Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, under
online submission and editorial system in 2007, which
the scienti¿c coordination of Dr. Josp Mauro *ranjeiro,
increased the participation of foreign peer-reviewers
was renamed as the JAOS, with publication of English-
and contributors. These changes as well the increased
language manuscripts only. Then, the editorial board
number of Associate Editors in 2010 automatically
was reformulated in order to broaden the geographic
speeded up the review process and improved the impact
distribution of the ad hoc reviewers; important changes
factor to 0.797 in 2012. Dr. Gustavo Pompermaier
were made in the peer review guidelines; and set of
Garlet was appointed as Co-Editor-in-Chief in 2013,
recommendations accepted worldwide for manuscript
and made an important contribution to the increase in
presentation and reference format were adopted by
the quality of manuscripts published in JAOS as well
the JAOS (“Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
the improvement of the journal's peer-review system,
Submitted to Journals”). Moreover, JAOS was indexed
which resulted in an impact factor of. 0.923. This
in the SciE/O (Scienti¿c Electronic /ibrary Online),
success was subsequently maintained by Dr. Garlet
an electronic library covering a selected collection of
and Dr. Karin Hermana Neppelenbroek, appointed as
Brazilian scienti¿c journals, which allows free access to
Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editor-in-Chief, respectively,
full manuscripts. Dr. Ricardo Marins de Carvalho, the
between 2014 and 2016. Their administration focused
Editor-in-Chief of the JAOS between 2005 and 2006,
on providing a fast turnaround time for manuscripts,
substantially increased the participation of foreign
and because of many changes and improvements
reviewers in the journal.
that have been made and with the support of the
Part of the tremendous success that JAOS achieves
whole editorial team, the average turnaround time for
today is attributed to the serious work begun with Dr.
authors from manuscript submission to ¿rst decision
Carlos Ferreira Santos, who took over as the Editor-
was drastically reduced. The lower turnaround time for
in-Chief of the JAOS from 2006 to 2014, focusing
authors signi¿cantly contributed for the impact factor
his administration mainly on journal indexation in
to have jumped to 1.117 in 2015.
international electronic databases. Between 2006 and
Since last year, Dr. Neppelenbroek and Dr.
2007, JAOS was indexed in the following databases:
Vanessa Soares Lara serve JAOS as Editor-in-Chief
SCOPUS, the world's largest abstract and citation
and Co-Editor-in-Chief, respectively, and a new panel
multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed literature
of Associate Editors was formed, which includes
and web sources, comprehending the ¿elds of /ife
colleagues from foreign institutions in order to meet
J Appl Oral Sci.
355 2017;25(4):355-6
Editorial recent criteria established by SciELO. Our management
years by the Rectory of USP and the National Council
continues with the goal of further reducing the average
for Scienti¿c and Technological Development (CNPq).
response time to authors by providing detailed and
The progressive increase of the impact factor
quality reviews. We also keep the mission of increasing
produced a positive response, resulting in the
the international visibility of the JAOS.
submission of manuscripts that meet the standards
We attribute the achievements of JAOS not only to
of quality as well as in the establishment of more
the editorial board, but also to the important role of
selective criteria and assessment strategies, which
the authors for the submission of quality papers with
apply both for authors and for reviewers. Finally, this
high citation potential and the reviewers for performing
approach provided the required support and balance
a voluntary review work. We cannot forget to mention
for the analysis of papers in the different areas of
the unconditional support that JAOS receives from
dental research. We look forward to continuing to
the Deans of FOB-USP, currently headed by Dr. Maria
receive excellent publications and high-quality reviews
Aparecida de Andrade Moreira Machado and Vice-Dean
in fast turnaround time so that we have even more
Dr. Carlos Ferreira Santos as well the commitment
success rates in JAOS.
and professionalism of our employees Valéria Cristina
Yours sincerely,
Trindade Ferraz, José Roberto Plácido Amadei, Deborah Schmidt Capella Junqueira, Sônia Cláudia Antonelli
Karin Hermana Neppelenbroek
Pirola, Neimar Vitor Pavarini, Rubens Kazuo Kato,
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Oral Science
Camila Medina, Allan Rodrigo Dias and Zelma Batista Borges. Lastly, another major reason for JAOS’s
Vanessa Soares Lara
success is the ¿nancial support provided over the last
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Oral Science
J Appl Oral Sci.
356 2017;25(4):355-6
Editorial http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-77572017ed002
New impact of the Journal of Applied Oral Science
On June 14th, 2017, the Bauru School of Dentistry
Sciences, Health Sciences (including all publications
(FOB), University of São Paulo (USP) received with
indexed in Medline/PubMed electronic database),
huge enthusiasm the great news of the 1.342 impact
Physical and Social Sciences; Cochrane Library, an
factor for the Journal of Applied Oral Science (JAOS)
electronic database consisting of updated medical
in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), 2016 Science
information sources based on evidence and systematic
Edition. Out of the 90 journals indexed in this database
reviews; and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE),
in the Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine category,
published by Thomson Scientific, which qualified
JAOS is ranked at the 56 place and the 3 quartile.
JAOS as an international publication since very few
Among all the Brazilian journals indexed in JCR, JAOS
dental journals are indexed in this database, thus
is the 11th out of 111 journals and presents the greatest
demonstrating its highly selective inclusion criteria and
impact factor of dental journals.
procedures for acceptance in the collection, available
®
th
rd
JAOS' ascension trajectory is the result of hard
through Web of Science® and the online version Sci
work, initiated by former Editors-in-Chief and Associate
Search®. As a result, JAOS was able to achieve a ¿rst
Editors, with the collaboration of the technical team
impact factor in JCR in 2009 (0.386). Dr. Santos also
and unrestricted support of current and previous
introduced several changes in the journal's editorial
Deans of FOB-USP since its foundation. In 2003, the
management, mainly with the implementation of an
Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, under
online submission and editorial system in 2007, which
the scienti¿c coordination of Dr. Josp Mauro *ranjeiro,
increased the participation of foreign peer-reviewers
was renamed as the JAOS, with publication of English-
and contributors. These changes as well the increased
language manuscripts only. Then, the editorial board
number of Associate Editors in 2010 automatically
was reformulated in order to broaden the geographic
speeded up the review process and improved the impact
distribution of the ad hoc reviewers; important changes
factor to 0.797 in 2012. Dr. Gustavo Pompermaier
were made in the peer review guidelines; and set of
Garlet was appointed as Co-Editor-in-Chief in 2013,
recommendations accepted worldwide for manuscript
and made an important contribution to the increase in
presentation and reference format were adopted by
the quality of manuscripts published in JAOS as well
the JAOS (“Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
the improvement of the journal's peer-review system,
Submitted to Journals”). Moreover, JAOS was indexed
which resulted in an impact factor of. 0.923. This
in the SciE/O (Scienti¿c Electronic /ibrary Online),
success was subsequently maintained by Dr. Garlet
an electronic library covering a selected collection of
and Dr. Karin Hermana Neppelenbroek, appointed as
Brazilian scienti¿c journals, which allows free access to
Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editor-in-Chief, respectively,
full manuscripts. Dr. Ricardo Marins de Carvalho, the
between 2014 and 2016. Their administration focused
Editor-in-Chief of the JAOS between 2005 and 2006,
on providing a fast turnaround time for manuscripts,
substantially increased the participation of foreign
and because of many changes and improvements
reviewers in the journal.
that have been made and with the support of the
Part of the tremendous success that JAOS achieves
whole editorial team, the average turnaround time for
today is attributed to the serious work begun with Dr.
authors from manuscript submission to ¿rst decision
Carlos Ferreira Santos, who took over as the Editor-
was drastically reduced. The lower turnaround time for
in-Chief of the JAOS from 2006 to 2014, focusing
authors signi¿cantly contributed for the impact factor
his administration mainly on journal indexation in
to have jumped to 1.117 in 2015.
international electronic databases. Between 2006 and
Since last year, Dr. Neppelenbroek and Dr.
2007, JAOS was indexed in the following databases:
Vanessa Soares Lara serve JAOS as Editor-in-Chief
SCOPUS, the world's largest abstract and citation
and Co-Editor-in-Chief, respectively, and a new panel
multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed literature
of Associate Editors was formed, which includes
and web sources, comprehending the ¿elds of /ife
colleagues from foreign institutions in order to meet
J Appl Oral Sci.
355 2017;25(4):355-6
Editorial recent criteria established by SciELO. Our management
years by the Rectory of USP and the National Council
continues with the goal of further reducing the average
for Scienti¿c and Technological Development (CNPq).
response time to authors by providing detailed and
The progressive increase of the impact factor
quality reviews. We also keep the mission of increasing
produced a positive response, resulting in the
the international visibility of the JAOS.
submission of manuscripts that meet the standards
We attribute the achievements of JAOS not only to
of quality as well as in the establishment of more
the editorial board, but also to the important role of
selective criteria and assessment strategies, which
the authors for the submission of quality papers with
apply both for authors and for reviewers. Finally, this
high citation potential and the reviewers for performing
approach provided the required support and balance
a voluntary review work. We cannot forget to mention
for the analysis of papers in the different areas of
the unconditional support that JAOS receives from
dental research. We look forward to continuing to
the Deans of FOB-USP, currently headed by Dr. Maria
receive excellent publications and high-quality reviews
Aparecida de Andrade Moreira Machado and Vice-Dean
in fast turnaround time so that we have even more
Dr. Carlos Ferreira Santos as well the commitment
success rates in JAOS.
and professionalism of our employees Valéria Cristina
Yours sincerely,
Trindade Ferraz, José Roberto Plácido Amadei, Deborah Schmidt Capella Junqueira, Sônia Cláudia Antonelli
Karin Hermana Neppelenbroek
Pirola, Neimar Vitor Pavarini, Rubens Kazuo Kato,
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Oral Science
Camila Medina, Allan Rodrigo Dias and Zelma Batista Borges. Lastly, another major reason for JAOS’s
Vanessa Soares Lara
success is the ¿nancial support provided over the last
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Oral Science
J Appl Oral Sci.
356 2017;25(4):355-6
