Biomédica Journal of the Volume 34, 2014 EDITORIAL BOARD Luis Alberto Gómez Carlos Arturo Hernández Rubén Santiago Nicholls Emeritus Researcher Pan American Health Organization Brasilia, Brazil Enrique Ardila María Cristina Ferro Emeritus Researcher Nancy Gore Saravia CIDEIM Cali, Colombia Dear Editorial Board members: We are sending the present newsletter with information on some of the results achieved by Biomédica during 2014. We would be grateful if you let us know your always helpful comments on this information. The following are the issues published during the year. Biomédica, volume 34, issue 1 Publication date: March, 2014 Cover: Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells after three weeks of culture in adipogenic differentiation medium. Phase contrast microscopy, 40X. Orietta Beltrán, Grupo de Investigación de Biología en Células Madre, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D. C. Editorial: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis natural habitat: How can we define the border between the rural and the urban? Ángela Restrepo M., Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia http://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/issue/view/127 Biomédica, volume 34, issue 2 Publication date: June, 2014 Cover: Leishmania panamensis amastigote being phagocytosed by an antigen-presenting cell. Transmission electronic microscopy, 7.000X Ladys Sarmiento, Grupo de Morfología Celular, Dirección de Investigación en Salud Pública,, Editorial: Economic health technology assessment: Challenges and perspectives. Álvaro Zerda, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia http://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/issue/view/130 Miguel A. Guzmán Emeritus Reasearcher Leonard Munstermann Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, Estados Unidos Gustavo Román University of Texas Brownsville, TX, Estados Unidos Orlando Torres INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD Avenida calle 26 Nº 51-20, oficina B-245, zona 6, Teléfono (571) 220-7700, ext. 1386 biomedica@ins.gov.co Biomédica, volume 34, issue 3 Publication date: September, 2014 Cover: Head of Lutzomyia shannoni female specimen, ventral view. Olympus UCMAD3 microscope, Panasonic Lumix FX55 camera, 20 X. María Angélica Contreras, Laboratorio de Entomología Médica y Molecular del Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales, PECET, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia Editorial: Colombian National Health Observatory: Health knowledge management for informed decision making. Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela, Observatorio Nacional de Salud,, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia http://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/issue/view/132 Biomédica, volume 34, issue 4 Publication date: December, 2014 Cover: Homology structural model of Toxoplasma gondii dihydropteroate synthase protein (DHPS) based on the TGME49_259550 sequence using the CHIMERA 1.9 program (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/) Diego Alejandro Molina, Grupo de Parasitología Molecular (GEPAMOL), Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Colombia Editorial: Ebola hemorrhagic fever and the threat it poses to health systems. Fernando De la Hoz, Director General, Instituto Nacional de Salud, http://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/issue/view/133
Biomédica, volume 34, supplement 1, Bacterial resistance, 2014 Publication date: abril de 2014 Editor responsible for the supplement: Miguel A. Guzmán, Emeritus Researcher,, Cover: Susceptibility testing by disk diffusion technique (Kirby-Bauer) of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate to evaluate susceptibility profile and synergy testing for metaloenzyme detection (Biomédica. 2014;34 (S1):217-23). Grupo de Microbiología,, Editorial: Antimicrobial resistance: The biggest challenge for today s infectology Miguel A. Guzmán Editor responsible for the supplement on bacterial resistance, Biomédica Associate editor, Biomédica Emeritus Researcher, http://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/issue/view/128
Some statistics During 2014 Biomédica published four regular issues in March, June, September and December, as well as a supplement in April. A total of 94 manuscripts were published in the following categories. Volume, issue, month Format Published manuscripts Biomédica Vol. 34, No. 1, March, 2014 Electronic and in print 1 Editorial 1 Images in biomedicine 2 Case presentations 10 Original articles 2 Topic reviews 1 Perspectives Biomédica Vol. 34, No. 2, June, 2014 Electronic and in print 1 Editorial 1 Images in biomedicine 1 Case presentation 1 Essay 12 Original articles 1 Short communication Biomédica Vol. 34, No. 3, September, 2014 Electronic and in print 1 Editorial 3 Case presentations 12 Original articles 1 Topic review Biomédica Vol. 34, No. 4, December, 2014 Electronic and in print 1 Editorial 4 Case presentations 1 Essay 9 Original articles 1 Short communication 1 Topic review Biomédica Vol. 34, S 1, Bacterial resistance, April, 2014 Electronic and in print 1 Editorial 1 Essay 18 Original articles 3 Short communications 1 Technical note 2 Topic reviews Total: 26 manuscripts Manuscripts published in advance to this date (December 17, 2014) Volume, issue, month Format Published manuscripts Biomédica Vol. 35, No. 1, March, 2015 Web site 3 Case presentations 10 Original articles 1 Short communication Total: 14 manuscripts Biomédica Vol. 35, No. 2, June, 2015 Web site 1 Technical note Total: 1 manuscript Biomédica Vol. 35, S 1, Health and environmental contaminants, 2015 Web site 2 Original articles Total: 2 manuscripts
The following two tables compare the number, categories and sending institutions of manuscripts received during 2013 and 2014. * Data until December 17, 2014 Table 1. Manuscripts according to category Category 2013 2014* n % n % Original article 106 69.6 137 77.4 Short communication 10 6.7 8 4.5 Technical note 3 2 0 0 Topic review 8 5.3 4 2.3 Images in biomedicine and Make your own diagnosis 3 2 7 3.9 Case presentation 18 11.8 20 11.3 History 1 0.6 0 0 Commentary and Essay 3 2 1 0.6 Total 152 100 177 100 Table 2. Manuscripts according to authors institutional affiliation Institutions 2013 2014* n % n % Only the 5 3.3 10 5.6 (INS) INS together with another national 9 5.9 4 2.3 institution INS together with an international 0 0 0 0 institution Only national institutions 99 65 120 67.8 Only international institutions 27 17 35 19.8 National and international institutions 12 7.9 8 4.5 Total 152 100 177 100
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Information of interest - As of this year, all articles published in Biomédica count with a DOI (digital object identifier) number, which will doubtlessly help locating our articles in the Internet. - According to the Journal Citation Reports evaluation for 2013 (published in June, 2014), Biomédica s impact factor increased from 0.315 to 0.617, and that of the last five years reached a 0.760, which places our journal in the fourth place among Latin American journals in the category of tropical medicine. Biomédica is among the 20 journals selected by the Journal Citation Reports in this category. - According to the Google Analytics report, from January 1 to December 17, 2014, our Web site (www.revistabiomedica.org) had 236,682 visits from 154 countries. We highlight this information given that during 2013 Biomédica s site received 147,194 visits. - During 2014 we have advanced in the editorial process for the publication of a supplement on health and environmental contaminants. The guest editors for this issue, to be published by the end of 2015, are doctors Marcela Varona and Leonardo Briceño from El Rosario University. - The 2014 December issue included an update of the instructions for authors which adhered, of course, to the guidelines established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors -ICMJE, and added clarity to aspects related to conflicts of interest, the registration of clinical assays, authorship, editorial processes, and other important aspects. - To encourage the reading and dissemination of the articles published by Biomédica, during 2014 we successfully implemented different digital marketing strategies: opening of accounts and content administration in Facebook and Twitter social networks; massive sending of newsletters with information of interest for our readers; suggestions on manuscripts for Colciencias research groups, as well as notices via e- mail addressed to authors cited in the articles. In both social networks we have regularly published notes and images on the most relevant topics included in the manuscripts published, as well as the link to access full texts. Additionally, we have included hashtags so that Biomédica s contents may be cited in the conversations of the different users connected to the net. As regards the scope of our journal s publications in Facebook and the participation or interaction with followers, our contents reached an average of 761 people monthly, of whom 25.6 clicked Like and 4.1 shared their publications on their walls, while notes published on our account had 266.3 clicks. In Twitter we count with an average of 167 monthly followers; the contents published in Biomédica s account were shared (retweet) 10.9 times and marked as favorites 6 times. The links to the full text of articles had 12.5 clicks. - Finally, we thank the editors, the scientific community, as well as national and international reviewers, for their contribution to our goal of continuing growth and greater international visibility as a way of supporting national and regional scientific production.
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