It is with great enthusiasm that this new editorial board initiates this new year of the GE – Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology! You will notice some changes in the journal layout because we wish to innovate the Journal and to improve the quality of the published articles with a new and ambitious project.
The last year was a transition period and we were able, with the help of all the authors that submitted articles to the GE and all of the reviewers that made an amazing work, to improve all the times for publication in GE with no exception. Also, original articles and review articles submission rates have increased significantly. However, we are still far from the quality that the Portuguese Gastroenterology and the Portuguese Gastroenterologists deserve.
For that reason we want more of the journal that represents the Portuguese Gastroenterology. With that purpose and in close collaboration with our publisher we restructured the graphic appearance of the journal starting by a new and refreshed cover.
Moreover, we decided that instead of parts or sections and we now have only one and big section: Gastroenterology!
For that, we have a new, smaller and enthusiastic editorial board that includes motivated people from the different areas of the Gastroenterology that want to participate actively in this new phase of the journal. This new editorial board now includes several international and well-known Gastroenterologists that will promote the journal internationally and will contribute with high quality articles.
We will also try with the reviewers, essential part of the journal, to determine specific areas of each one and we will also include new and international reviewers with established scientific curriculum. Furthermore, we are counting on all the Portuguese Gastroenterologists to continue their amazing work by reviewing with quality our articles, as always. We want to reward our best reviewers and for these reasons reviewer's awards for the best ones will now be attributed at the end of each year.
We expect contribution of every one of you with the main aim of increasing the quality of our papers, because this Journal represents the Portuguese Gastroenterology, and, together, I believe that we can place the Journal where it belongs, representing with dignity the Portuguese Gastroenterology.
Let's continue the hard work! For the Portuguese Gastroenterology!
