Medical and scientific publisher Thieme Publishers Rio (TPR) has signed on as the publisher for Brazilian Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery. TPR will publish four issues of the journal per year, beginning with Volume 34, issue 1, 2015.
'Brazilian Neurosurgery' was established in 1982, went online in 1999, and publishes original scientific works in neurosurgery and related fields. This journal is Open Access, and after publishing, authors can self-archive the final version of their article on any OA-compliant institutional/subject-based repository. The conditions for publishing an article are: papers are published in Portuguese or English with abstracts written in both English and Portuguese, and it will use the Editorial Manager system for submissions. The journal publishes four times per year.
The Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery is an association of Brazilian neurosurgeons that was founded in 1957. The society has over 2,000 members and is the third largest neurosurgical society in the world. The Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery's main goals are to respect medical and professional ethics codes, be strongly committed to neurosurgeons' needs, and have a pro-active attitude. The society is a reference entity in the defense of Brazilian neurosurgeons focusing on the propagation of knowledge in neurosurgery.
