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Abstract

In 2016, the journal Ciências da Terra (Earth Sciences Journal) celebrated 40 years of existence. The first issue, etitled Dinossaurios Eocretácicos dos Lagosteiros, was written by the founder of the magazine, Prof. Doctor Miguel Telles Antunes. That issue marked the beginning of the publication of a journal that, on account of the quality of its published works, was able to gain a reputation in the Geosciences community, particularly in the areas of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology. The quality of published papers in scientific journals is, of course, dependent on the portfolio of submitted works, but it is also measured by the number of times that they are downloaded, read, and cited. Today, the tendency to (...)