Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics and QUALIS**

12 editorial A few years ago, the Dentistry section of CAPES (Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) decided to induce the QUALIS ** of three scientific national dental journals , among which four were indexed at SciELO database. At that time, based on the criteria of the field, the three main Brazilian journals (BOR, JAOS and BDJ), which used to be classified as B2, were induced to be classified as B1. A decision to be loudly applauded. Why? Whenever a given journal is ranked higher at QUALIS-CAPES, Brazilian researchers tend to give priority to it when submitting manuscripts for publication. A knock-on effect is then produced: more articles , better selection of manuscripts, higher impact of published articles and, as a result, higher impact factor for this journal. What was envisioned has been accomplished: in 2009, those three journals had a Cites per document index ranging from 0.49 to 0.69; 1 after the induction mechanism, all three journals had their citation index doubled. Presently, the citation index of those three journals ranges between 0.91 and 1.04 at SCIma-go 1. Brazilian science is often criticized for producing much and publishing little. Now, it found an excellent tool to boost the number of citations of its own periodicals. Why not? In order to proceed with such development, in August, 2015, the Dentistry section of CAPES enhanced the arm of the lever and reinforced its fulcrum: all three journals were ranked as A2. Another major decision based on the development resulting from the first action and the need to polish our precious stones. At first, the fourth Brazilian dental journal indexed at SciELO that would have its QUALIS raised was Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics (DPJO). With an impact factor way below other national journals also indexed in the same database (at around 0.075) and due to being published in Portuguese only, we decided to make some progress before we were given the opportunity of undergoing the induction process, despite the enormous importance our journal has among Brazilian and foreigner orthodontists. As from 2010, DPJO began to be published in Eng-lish and had its title changed. Since then, we had been doubling our impact factor which reached 0.25 in 2012. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. Archimedes (Greek mathematician, physicist and astronomer) * Adjunct Professor, School …