Dear friends, I recently became aware of the new impact factor of the Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, LAJSS. For the period 2011-2015 it reads 0.849, a considerable drop in relation to the previous value of 1.411 for the period 2010-2014. It is somewhat difficult to understand such a drop, given that the journal has grown in number of published articles. As for the first semester of 2016, LAJSS has received 359 submissions and 264 were rejected, ie 73%. This means, in my view, that the papers published in LAJSS have a good scientific content and perhaps most of them deserved to be studied and eventually cited. This is exactly what I would like to ask you. Being a member of the editorial board of LAJSS and being so active in scientific publication, I am sure you will find a good material in LAJSS that is worth of studying and eventually being cited. Note that the SEARCH option in the site is quite useful to dig out papers there published that may be of use for your research activities. Please do not take me wrong on this request. I am not suggesting you and your co-authors to cite LAJSS just by citing. This is of course contrary to the best practices in science. What I am asking is your good will towards LAJSS and, whenever possible, to use its contents in your research work. Such an attitude may reflect in the future in an increase of the impact factor, certainly an important index that LAJSS needs to consider, although not the only one. Other important positive indexes of LAJSS are its huge readers database, number of issues published per year, number o visit to our site, etc.
I take the chance to thank you again and again for your continuous help to our activities. With my warmest regards, Marcilio Alves University of Sao Paulo Associate Professor, Eng.Mec., M.Eng., Ph.D., D.Sc. Group of Solid Mechanics and Structural Impact www.gmsie.usp.br Editor-in-Chief Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures www.lajss.orgimpact factor 1.411 President International Society of Impact Engineering www.impacteng.org Depart of Mechatronics and Mechanical Systems EngineeringPolytechnical School Mechanical Engineering Building - Office, Room MS11 - Lab, Room MT03 Phone Office 55 11 30915757 Phone Lab 55 11 30915331Av Prof Mello Moraes 2231 Sao Paulo SP 05508-900 Brazil CV Lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/7196393031415796
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