1. Visibility and accessibility Accessibility SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online (www.scielo.br) Financed by the State of Sao Paulo Science Agency (FAPESP) and PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) SciELO covers 131 Brazilian Journals in the Sciences and Humanities. The software is available free to other countries. SciELO – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela are part of an integrated on line library

3. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Published montly Manuscripts submitted 400 / year Manuscripts published200 / year* Reviews 2-3 / paper * 2 to 4% of Brazilian scientific production cited in JCR from 1993 to 2003.

4. Visibility and accessibility Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Since 1997 – 94 numbers have been available on Scielo 2,262 papers (October 2004) Since 1997 the impact factor of the Jounal has increased from 0.49 to 0.75, and the number of citations in JCR has increased from 800 to 1830 in 2003

5. Impact factor and number of citations