EDITORIAL
Seventy years of evolution
It is with great honor today, as the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, to preface this commemorative third edition of 70 years of existence of the previous Revista Brasileira de Ciências Farmacêuticas, now Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The historical development of the Revista Brasielira de Ciências Farmacêuticas begins with the release, in 1939, of the Annals of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo whose name was kept for 23 years. In 1963, it was renamed Journal of Pharmacy Faculty and Biochemistry of University of São Paulo and, in 1970, it received the title of Journal of Pharmacy and Biochemistry of University of São Paulo, which lasted until 1998; since 1999, for 9 years, it has been renamed Revista Brasileira de Ciências Farmacêuticas, on a quarterly basis since the volume 39. Today its title is Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The Editorial Board is composed of 44 professors / researchers, of which 15 are from the following countries: Chile, Scotland, Spain, France, England, Italy, Portugal, Turkey and United States, and 29 are from different states of Brazil.
The Journal's evolution is clear and completing 70 years of existence today, it is indexed, under the new title, in the following databases till the moment: Chemical Abstracts - Chabab Coden, the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences - Lilacs, SciELO and Web of Science ISI Thompson Reuters, demonstrating the excellent level of internationalization achieved.
The initial proposal was to provide the disclosures in scientific areas of Pharmacy and Dentistry, nowadays it focuses on all areas of Pharmaceutical Sciences, consolidating itself as one of the leading publications in studies of drugs, assessment of bioavailability and bioequivalence of generic products, the nutraceuticals and functional foods, free radicals, molecular biology, nutrogenoma, nanotechnology, and environmental toxicology, molecular modeling, among others, all closely related to the pharmaceutical field.
During these 70 years of its existence, which can be considered as a fraction of its potential life, many researchers initially cooperated for its implementation and work now for the routing of their work and on the review of those submitted for publication.
It should be mentioned the effort of the Editorial Board, the Scientific Editor Prof. Elizabeth Igne Ferreira, the Executive Editor, Ms. Leila R. de Carvalho Aranha and the Publication Committee, Profs. Julio Orlando Tirapegui and Luis Antonio Gioielli, whose dedication have put both the presentation of the magazine as the dynamics of the submission of articles, whether on paper or online, placing it within the international standards.
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with great proud, highlights the Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences as one of its main patrimony, by presentations of the great scientific advances in wide Pharmaceutical area disclosed in Brazil and abroad, allowing students, researchers, teachers and professionals walk the boundaries of pharmaceutical knowledge.
Prof. Jorge Mancini Filho
Director of FCF/USP - 2008/2012
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
01 Dec 2009 -
Date of issue
Sept 2009
