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he scientific paper is one of the most visible areas of science. It is disseminating his ideas, new techniques and discoveries that the scientist, whether he is doc-tor, physician, biologist, engineer etc., plays his role in the expansion of knowledge and the consequent benefit to society and may break paradigms. This process is not simple, as we know, going through a series of bottlenecks ranging from consulting the relevant literature, research, data compilation, writing, journal’s choice, where it passes through the sieve of the reviewers, final approval by the Editor and finally adjust-ments, in minor or major ways, until its release/publication. Currently, the requirements are higher, either because postgraduate school to which the author is connected requires publishing studies in journals with higher impact factor (IF), depending on the CAPES criteria (Qualis Capes)[1], in the case of Brazil, or the need for the article is written in English so it can be read, and eventually cited by the greatest number of readers. In choosing a journal until the speed of dissemination of knowledge on the Internet, it is important, since today’s novelty turns into something “outdated ” tomorrow. Aware of this new scenario, scientific journals have sought to refine their acceptance criteria and publishing articles. The Scielo has encouraged the journals that are part of its regular basis to take action accordingly. This creates a side effect, which is the increasing rejection of studies, either in submis-sion or during the review process. In journals from various fields, not only among the best known, the rate of rejected manuscripts exceeds 90%[2]. In The Lancet, for example, it is 95%[3]. In journals restricted to a specific area such as the Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (BJCVS), the percentage is somewhat lower, but has been increasing over the years. The BJCVS, aware that despite the new additions in recent years it still has a long way to go, has not measured efforts to walk “pari passu ” with the best-known journals. Our rejection rate is rising gradually. In 2013, of 186 studies received, 61 were rejected (32.79%). In 2014, we received 162 manuscripts and 70 were rejected (43.21%). The average time between the submission of the study and the decision to approve or reject fell 147 days in 2013 to 86 days in the last year (Table 1)