continuo modelo de modernización siempre mantenien- find the best way to make the data available to the do los estándares del más alto rigor científico. scientific community. En esta nueva etapa se han actualizado las normas Although there are other ways to disseminate para publicación, al igual que se ha enriquecido tanto el knowledge, to date as it has happened in the last Consejo Editorial como el Comité Editorial y se ha diver- 200 years, specialized scientific journals have been sificado el conjunto de pares revisores con científicos and are the most appropriate means for this purpose. de primer nivel y altamente especializados. Esperamos Journals play a preponderant and irreplaceable role in que con esta nueva etapa la contribución de los autores scientific communities. This has led scientific journals crezca, que la difusión de los artículos sea permanente to have a continuous evolution. The quality of the y que en consecuencia se incrementen las citas de los journals will always be determined by the quality of artículos publicados por nuestra revista. Agradecemos the articles published in it, in that way a virtuous circle a los miembros del Consejo y del Comité Editorial que will eventually be formed since a quality journal will be contribuyeron a que nuestra revista se mantuviera siem- attractive to publish articles of high scientific quality pre vigente y a la vanguardia de las Revistas Científicas that in turn will raise the quality of Magazine. del ámbito Odontológico tanto en nuestro País como The academic structure of a scientific journal is en Latinoamérica. Y es nuestro objetivo y deseo que la composed of several equally important parts. The Revista Odontológica Mexicana se constituya como la Editorial Board, Editorial Committee and the set of principal opción de publicación científica. peer reviewers form the nucleus of a journal, and contribute in a very important way to maintain and improve the quality of the journal. With the entry of the Editorial current administration, the Faculty of Dentistry of the UNAM, poses new challenges and new projects with the principal goal of improving the academy, teaching, research and service. The Revista Odontológica The importance of the scientific journals. Mexicana as its official dissemination organ also enters A new age for the Revista a new era. The objective of this is to consolidate the Odontologica Mexicana Revista Odontológica Mexicana as both an option for scientific dissemination with high scientific rigor, as well Elba Rosa Leyva Huerta,* as a forum for critical discussion of published projects Luis Alberto Gaitán Cepeda* This objective will be achieved with the reception of high quality manuscripts, followed by a rigorous * Facultad de Odontología, UNAM. evaluation by the peers, supported with an excellent editorial platform. The Revista Odontológica Mexicana Science is the generation of new knowledge. In the is part of the UNAM Magazine Catalog, which is case of Biomedical Sciences, the main objective to hosted on the UNAM Journals portal of the National generate new knowledge is to increase life expectancy, Autonomous University of Mexico. This portal is eliminate pain and, consequently, improve the quality a catalog of the journals published in the different of life of human beings. The generation of knowledge entities of the UNAM. This portal, developed by the begins with a question based on a problem that affects Subdirección de Revistas Acdémicas y Publicaciones a specific population and that must be solved. In this Digitales, Dirección General de Publicaciones y way, it is expected that the results obtained from Promoción Editorial, UNAM, has like objectives to the associated and generated research project will facilitate the search and consultation of the academic www.medigraphic.org.mx contribute to a better understanding of the problem and eventually influence the quality of life of the population. journals; increase its visibility, presence and impact; share information about good editorial practices In such a way that there is a long and complex path and institutional guidelines; encourage a continuous between the research laboratory and the population. improvement of university publications and achieve The scientist, basic, clinical or epidemiological, a better position at the international level. Therefore, requires platforms to share the obtained data. We Revista Odontológica Mexicana cannot have better must always bear in mind that scientific data are not institutional support and guarantees its distribution as useful if they are not criticized, discussed, contrasted Open Access Journal, free and without restrictions, and, finally, accepted or refuted by their peers. So, following the institutional guidelines that recognize the scientist’s work does not end with the conclusion the knowledge as universal that must be shared and of the research project, but a new phase begins to disseminated for the service of the society. Leyva HER et al. La importancia de las Revistas Científicas 8
In this new era the guidelines for publication have Dental field both in our Country and in Latin America. been updated; the Editorial Board and the Editorial We hope that the Revista Mexicana de Odontología Committee have been diversified, and the set of peer will be considered as the main option of scientific reviewers has been enriched with first level and highly publication in dental sciences. specialized scientists. We hope that with this new stage the contribution of the authors will grow, that Dirección para correspondencia / the dissemination of the articles will be permanent Mailing address: and that consequently the citations of the articles Dr. Luis Alberto Gaitán Cepeda published by our magazine will increase. We thank Depto. de Patología y Medicina Bucal y Maxilofacial, DEPeI, Facultad de Odontología UNAM. the members of the Board and the Editorial Committee Circuito Institutos s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, that contributed to our Journal being always in force Coyoacán 04510, CDMX. and at the forefront of the Scientific Journals of the E-mail: lgaitan@unam.mx
