The very first year of PBJ

As described in its homepage, the purpose of PBJ is to promote science and health research without barriers. This purpose was well addressed by the editor-in-chief, in the first editorial. PBJ was expected to: (1) produce a full spectrum of top-quality papers in Biomedicine, (2) strengthen reputation in scientific and scholarly community, and (3) expand to other databases. In just one year, around 50 papers were published in PBJ, gathering knowledge in biomedicine domains as distinct as biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, genetics, immunology, nutrition, medical education, psychology, sociology, psychiatry, medical informatics, epidemiology, neurosciences, cancer, respiratory disease, cardiology, radiology, surgery, and pediatrics. This panoply of domains is authored by researchers with very distinct backgrounds that have at least one thing in common: to provide high quality scientific advances in health research to the PBJ readers. The majority of papers published within this year in PBJ are accomplished by effective collaborations held between Hospitals, Universities and Research & Development institutions. That is one of the first lessons PBJ provides for students – Science is a collaborative issue! You cannot do science alone! Yet, we can say: “No big deal!”, since PBJ actually arises from the commitment of FMUP and the S. Joao Hospital Center consortium. And it is located at the Porto health sciences pole, one of