Geraldo Pereira Jotz

Top Reviewers 2016

In recognition of the excellent service and dedication to the journal, the International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology would like to thank all members of the Editorial Board and the reviewers, who have always been so attentive to the evaluations and have made relevant contributions. Thank you very much for your valuable collaboration! In particular, we would like to thank the top 25 reviewers who stood out in 2016 for their exemplary performance and remarkable contributions to the journal. They have reviewed an exceptional number of manuscripts, while guaranteeing the high quality of the research, in a timely manner. The following reviewers are listed in alphabetical order:

International archives of otorhinolaryngology and thieme medical publishers.

On 16 April 2013, the Otorhinolaryngology Foundation signed a partnership with Thieme Medical Publishers for thepublication of the International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology , beginning with this year’s 4th edition.Thieme, a German publishing company based in Stuttgart with a 125-year history, is one of the most important publishersof medical books and journals in the world. It publishes 130 diversified medical journals and 70 new books a year.The International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology is a journal sponsored by the Otorhinolaryngology Foundation and theSocietas Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Latina, a medical society founded in 1924. It has been continuously published for the last17 years and is the first electronic journal of otorhinolaryngology in the world. This scientific journal is reviewed by aninternational editorial board and independent peer reviewers and is currently supported by FAPESP (Foundation forResearch Support of the State of Sao Paulo).This partnership is a major breakthrough for Brazilian science, since our journal, as part of Thieme’s portfolio, will partakeof the publisher’s quality standards and achieve more international visibility.With this partnership, the International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology will be added to the most important indexationsof medicine in the medium term, thus supplementing its already established academic presence. It will also increase thecontributions from all around the world. This way, we hope the journal will become, soon, the major vehicle for research in thefield of otorhinolaryngology, speech therapy, and related sciences in Latin America. The authors who publish in our journalwill thus have an international impact comparable to researchers whose work appears in other renowned periodicals.Congratulations to all who have published in our journal and who have induced Thieme, which took notice of the qualityof its contents and its importance among Brazilian experts, to choose it as its starter in Brazil.Finally, this partnership was made possible by the visionary mission of Professor Ricardo Bento, President of the Board ofTrustees of the Otorhinolaryngology Foundation; the perseverance and encouragement of Professor Richard Voegels; theinstitutional and quality commitment of Professor Geraldo Pereira Jotz, Editor-in-Chief; and of Dr. Aline Bittencourt,Co-Editor; together with the professional dedication of Adilson Montefusco, librarian in charge. This partnership was signedin Sao Paulo in the presence of Mr. Daniel Schiff , Senior Vice President of Thieme Publishers, and Mrs. Michele Aranha,representative in Brazil of Thieme Publishers.For future issues, we will be changing the system of online manuscript submission and review, which will be managed byScholarOne ( http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iaorl)Best regards,Geraldo Pereira JotzEditor-in-ChiefInternational Archives of OtorhinolaryngologyAline BittencourtCo-EditorInternational Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

New Challenges for International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

The International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology is beginning a new chapter in its history; starting with this issue, the journal will be published by Thieme Medical Publishers. n nMuch as impressionism, which emerged in the late 19th century in France, became the starting point for the development of modern art that conveyed the artists desire to portray the moment in which a scene took place, the International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology has collaborated with Thieme to better disseminate its content, thereby providing more visibility for its authors. This is an important step in the growth of the journal. n nThe journal will maintain its subsections and will publish supplementary special issues that will accompany the main journal, the first of which will appear in July 2014. For future issues, we will be changing the system of online submission and review of the papers, which will be managed by ScholarOne (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iaorl). n nIn 2014, we will continue our policy of rewarding articles in the area of meta-analysis that are published in our journal, because these studies form the basis for opinion-making regarding the most varied subjects. n nIn this issue, among the published studies, we highlight the studies related to adenotonsillectomy, rhinoplasty, sensorineural hearing loss, neurotology, allergy, and orofacial issues, seeking challenges, responses, and therapeutic suggestions for several disorders.