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Headache Medicine, v.10, n.1, p.1, 2019
EDITORIAL
Tenth year of Headache Medicine Journal, 25 years of
Brazilian publications in the headache eld
It is surprising to look back and realize that Headache Medicine, the Journal of the Brazilian Headache Society,
is now in its tenth year. Not only that, but also the fact that the Brazilian Headache Society through our journals,
Headache Medicine, formerly known as “Migraneas & Cefaleias”, has been publishing scientic articles since 1994. This
attests to the Brazilian tradition in the eld.
Nonetheless, we now live in a new era of online journals, completely different submission processes, alternative
metrics to academic scientic citations, so it is high time to put our Journal and the supportive Brazilian Headache
Society in its deserved place among outstanding international journals in the eld of Neurology. It is time for us to
become truly International, to be part of all main indexation databases. We have grown up and are gradually moving
in this direction.
The editorial board has been renewed, with the exceptional cooperation of outstanding researchers from the
United States, Asia, Europa and Latin America.
Mario Peres has joined Marcelo Valença as joint editor-in-chief, and a new board of associate editors has been
selected to cover different areas in headache science, such as, Procedures, Women and headaches, Clinical trials,
Orofacial pain, Theses, Non-pharmacological treatments, Secondary headaches, Intracranial hypotension and
hypertension, Trigemino-autonomic cephalgias and Headaches in children.
A number of new sections have been introduced including controversies, expert opinions, images and video, and
advocacy. Professor Wilson Luiz Sanvito, our editor emeritus, will contribute with his thoughtful articles, and Professor
Silva-Neto, the scientic editor, the liaison member with the editorial board and the editors-in-chief. The contributions
of previous editors need to be duly recognized for, we would not be around today without their invaluable efforts.
We hope everyone contributing to Headache Medicine will never regret it. We trust that all the studies or articles
already published or due to appear in forthcoming editions will make us proud to be part of this dynamic scientic
community.
Our journal Headache Medicine and the Brazilian Headache Society have been recognized by the American
Headache Society and its outstanding journal Headache (The Journal of Head and Face Pain). A new supplement on
Brazilian Headache Medicine is on course to be launched soon, similar to previous ones in 2007 and 2015.
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A virtual
section has been added to the Headache Journal website on Brazilian headache medicine since 2012.
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Also, Toolboxes,
translated to Brazilian Portuguese,
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can be found on this website, a section dedicated to patient education on a specic
topic, a clear indication of the prestige in which our society is held. This indicates that our work and prestige as
headache specialists have been recognized, as have our efforts in contributing to the progress of Headache Medicine
worldwide.
Mario Fernando Prieto Peres
Marcelo Moraes Valença
Editors-in-Chief, Headache Medicine
REFERENCES
1. Valença MM. The Brazilian contribution to the diagnosis and treatment of headache disorders. Headache. 2015 Feb;55 Suppl 1:1-3.
2. Valença MM, da Silva AA, Bordini CA. Headache research and medical practice in Brazil: an historical overview. Headache. 2015
Feb;55 Suppl 1:4-31.
3. https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1526-4610.cefaliatria_no_brasil
4. https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15264610/homepage/material_educativo_sobre_cefaleia__dor_
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