Rev Latino-am Enfermagem 2008 janeiro-fevereiro; 16(1):3-4 www.eerp.usp.br/rlae THE LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING CELEBRATES ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY

Nursing, as the institution celebrates its 55 th anniversary and 20 years of work as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development. RLAE, its scientific journal, is commemorating Nursing15 years of circulation, having published 77 issues and 1207 articles so far, currently in bimonthly editions. A comparative analysis of the current characteristics of the Latin American Journal of Nursing (RLAE) and those of the previous five years(1) shows significant advances in the visibility of the journal, as a result of better editorial policies and improvement in the quality of the papers published. In relation to visibility, five years ago, RLAE was already indexed in renowned national and internationa