Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research The Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published in Brazil that covers research in medicine, biochemistry, physiology, and related biological sciences. Founded in the 1970s, the journal has published work by researchers affiliated with institutions such as the University of São Paulo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, and international collaborators from Harvard University, Oxford University, and Max Planck Society. It serves as a venue for studies involving clinical trials, animal models, molecular biology, and epidemiological investigations linked to public health concerns in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

History

The journal was established amid scientific expansion in Brazil during the 1970s, a decade marked by investments from agencies like the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and programs at the University of São Paulo and Federal University of Minas Gerais. Early editorial leadership included researchers connected to Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and collaborators who had trained at Rockefeller University and Imperial College London. Across the 1980s and 1990s the journal increased ties with institutions such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and the Pan American Health Organization, reflecting broader exchanges with researchers at Johns Hopkins University, University of Cambridge, and Karolinska Institutet. By the 2000s editorial practices incorporated standards influenced by groups like the Committee on Publication Ethics and indexing expectations from databases maintained by National Library of Medicine and Clarivate Analytics.

The journal covers experimental and clinical studies spanning intersections of medicine and biology including topics like clinical pharmacology, molecular genetics, immunology, neuroscience, and infectious diseases such as studies on malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, and Chagas disease. Articles have reported work using model organisms from laboratories associated with Max Planck Society and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory as well as translational research tied to hospitals like Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo and research centers such as Instituto Butantan. Contributions often come from collaborations among investigators at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, University of California, San Francisco, and Mayo Clinic. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, methodological reports, and case series relevant to clinicians affiliated with institutions such as Cleveland Clinic and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

The editorial board has historically included editors and associate editors with appointments at universities and research institutes such as University of São Paulo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual Paulista, King's College London, and University of Toronto. Peer review follows guidelines recommended by organizations like the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and Committee on Publication Ethics, and manuscript processing involves editors who have collaborated with funding bodies such as the São Paulo Research Foundation and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Production and dissemination have leveraged platforms and publishing partnerships reminiscent of arrangements used by publishers like Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley-Blackwell while maintaining editorial independence associated with scholarly societies comparable to the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Brazilian Society of Physiology.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major bibliographic services analogous to PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and regional systems similar to SciELO. Inclusion in such databases has connected its content with aggregators and libraries at institutions like National Library of Medicine, Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil, Harvard Medical School, and University of California Library. Indexing facilitates citation tracking by entities such as CrossRef, Clarivate Analytics, and Google Scholar and supports discoverability in networks that include repositories and consortia like LILACS and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

Over decades the journal has been cited by researchers at universities and institutes including University of São Paulo, Johns Hopkins University, Karolinska Institutet, and Institut Pasteur, reflecting influence on research areas such as tropical medicine, clinical pharmacology, and experimental physiology. Its impact factor and citation metrics, tracked by organizations like Clarivate Analytics and Scimago Lab, have guided perceptions among funding agencies such as the São Paulo Research Foundation and evaluation panels at universities like Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Universidade de São Paulo. Reviews and retrospectives in venues connected to societies like the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and conferences hosted by Pan American Health Organization have noted the journal's role in disseminating regionally significant biomedical findings.

Published work has included influential studies on infectious agents with relevance to World Health Organization priorities, translational cardiology reports connecting hospital cohorts at Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo with basic research from laboratories at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and University of Cambridge, and methodological advances later cited by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Mayo Clinic. Contributions have intersected with public-health responses coordinated by Pan American Health Organization and research collaborations involving Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists, and have informed subsequent studies conducted at centers like Institut Pasteur, Max Planck Society, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The journal’s archive contains articles that became reference points for policy analyses by organizations such as World Health Organization and regional technical groups at Pan American Health Organization, as well as foundational experimental reports used by investigators at Universidade Estadual de Campinas and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Category:Medical journals