Mission accomplished

Abstract

After four years of hectic activities I close my administration as editor of Revista Dor, with the feeling of having accomplished my mission. I leave without nostalgia or sadness. I am turning a page and doing this with joy, because I always tried to act with transparency and simplicity. I was not frustrated as the editor of Revista Dor; I am sure of this because I always tried to do my best. I did everything with devotion, joy, love and responsibility and this makes me extremely happy. I tried to manage Revista Dor in a compatible pace, between promptness to meet strict deadlines and safety by publishing the best articles among the still scarce number of submissions to our Journal. What I didn’t want to do, and I didn’t do it, was to be in a hurry, because this would hinder the evolution of the Journal, and I am not a bit frustrated with that. Os novos passos, as novas indexações, o novo editor os fará. Our most important moments were the edition number 1 of volume 9, which was my debut as the editor, the news about LILACS and Scielo indexations, and the WebQualis evaluation for the period 2010-2012 when Revista Dor was rated B2 in Nursing and Interdisciplinary, B3 in Physical Education and Dentistry, B4 in Psychology and Collective Health, and B5 in Medicine I, Medicine II and Medicine III. These were moments changing for the better the course of Revista Dor and I believe also of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain. I thank a lot the gestures of affection and understanding for the work that has been and is being made not only by me, but by all collaborators, especially the Authors who entrusted their works to be published by a journal which is being consolidated within the international scientific scenario, the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain (SBED) for their support and encouragement, the Editorial board for their agility in evaluating the articles, and the Editorial Coordination for the excellent adequacy and diagramming of the articles and journals.