ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2003 AWARDS FOR WORK PUBLISHED IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA
THE SPANISH CARDIOLOGY SOCIETY AWARDS FOR THE BEST ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA
Amount: 12 000 €.
Basis:
1. The purpose of these prizes is to encourage the publication of quality original articles in the Revista Española de Cardiología.
2. A first prize of 6000 euros and 2 second prizes of 3000 euros will be awarded.
3. Prizes will be awarded annually and are to be awarded each year.
4. All articles published in the Revista Española de Cardiología during the year 2002 are eligible. Articles published as editorials, special articles or review articles are not be eligible for these prizes.
5. The chief editor and associate editors of the Revista Española de Cardiología will pre-select what they consider to be the 6 best articles published in the journal during the year 2002 after consulting with the presidents of the scientific divisions of the Spanish Cardiology Society.
6. The jury that will make the final selection of the 3 articles to receive prizes will be overseen by the vice president of the Spanish Cardiology Society and will also consist of the chief editor and the members of the SCS grants and awards committee. The final decision is not subject to appeal.
7. Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony that will take place during the Cardiovascular Disease Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SSC) which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.
PRIZES FROM THE SPANISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY FOR ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE REVISTA REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA WITH THE GREATEST INTERNATIONAL IMPACT
Amount: 24 000 €.
Basis:
1. The purpose of these prizes is to encourage the publication in the Revista Española de Cardiología of original articles that have an important impact or repercussion, both in the medium- and long-term, on the international scientific community.
2. A first prize of 6000 euros and 2 second prizes of 3000 euros will be awarded to those articles with long-term impact, and another first prize of 6000 euros and 2 second prizes of 3000 euros will be awarded to those articles with the greatest medium-term impact.
3. Prizes will be awarded annually and are to be awarded annually.
4. All original articles published in the Revista Española de Cardiología will be eligible. Articles published as editorials, special articles or review articles are not be eligible for these prizes.
5. The impact of the published articles will be measured by the number of reference citations from the article published in the Revista Española de Cardiología receives from journals per the (Expanded) Science Citation Index (SCI) database.
6. For the award for the article with the most significant long-term international impact, the reference citations for articles published in the journal during the year 1997 that have been cited during the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 will be determined. For the award for the article with the most significant medium-term impact, all citations for articles published in the journal during the year 2000 that have been cited in the years 2001 and 2002 will be determined.
7. Calculation of the number of reference citations per the SCI for each article will be determined by an organization independent of the journal of the Spanish Cardiology Society that will issue an annual report on the topic.
8. Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony that will be held during the Cardiovascular Disease Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.
AWARD FROM THE PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CONGENITAL CARDIOPATHY SECTION OF THE SPANISH CARDIOLOGY SOCIETY
Amount: 1803.04 €.
Basis:
1. The prize is 1803.04 euros.
2. All originaL articles on pediatric cardiology and congenital cardiopathy published in the Revista Española de Cardiología (Volume 55/2002, Numbers 1 to 12) are eligible for this prize.
3. The evaluating body will consist of the president and secretary of the Pediatric and Congenital Cardiopathy Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society, and by the chief editor of Revista Española de Cardiología.
4. The prize will be awarded during a ceremony to celebrate the event during the Cardiovascular Disease Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.
XIV IZASA AWARD TO THE BEST PUBLISHED ARTICLES REGARDING INTERVENTIONIST CARDIOLOGY IN THE Revista Española de Cardiología
Amount: 2500 €.
Basis:
1. The Hemodynamic and Interventionist Cardiology Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society announces the IZASA awards for articles published on interventionist cardiology in the Revista Española de Cardiología.
2. The members of the Hemodynamic and Interventionist Cardiology Section who are first authors of studies performed primarily in Spain and published in Revista Española de Cardiología are eligible for these prizes.
3. Studies published during the SCS inter-congressional period will be evaluated.
4. Prize awards will be as follows: - First prize: 1500 euros. - Second prize: 1000 euros.
5. The jury will be composed of 2 members of the Board of Directors of the Section, 2 members of the section chosen by drawing, and the chief editor of the Revista Española de Cardiología.
6. The prizes will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Cardiovascular Disease Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.
7. The prizes will not be awarded if, in the jury´s judgment, no study is of high enough quality to merit the award. The judges´ decision cannot be appealed.
IV AMERSHAM HEALTH AWARD TO THE BEST PUBLICATION ON NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY IN THE Revista Española de Cardiología
The Nuclear Work Group of the Spanish Cardiology Society wishes to encourage study in the field of nuclear cardiology and to encourage authors to publish their results in the Revista Española de Cardiología.
Amount: 2000 €.
Basis:
1. All original articles published in the Revista Española de Cardiología during 2002 (Volume 55/02, Numbers 1 to12) that are on nuclear cardiology are eligible.
2. Authors who have published their studies in said volume who do not wish to participate in the awarding of prizes must so state in advance.
3. The prize will be awarded annually and will continue to be awarded each year.
4. The chief editor and associate editors of the Revista Española de Cardiología will pre-select what they consider to be the 3 best articles published in the journal during 2000 after consulting with the president of the Nuclear Cardiology Work Group.
5. The award panel will be composed of the vice president of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the chief editor and the members of the SCS grants and awards panel. Their decision cannot be appealed.
6. The award will be made during the opening ceremony of the Cardiovascular Disease Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.
2003 CALENDAR OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
March 30April 2, Chicago-Illinois (USA). 52nd Annual Scientific Session. American College of Cardiology. 9111 Old Georgetown Rd. 28814 Bethesda, MD 20814-1699 Maryland. USA. Tel.: 301 897 5400; Fax: 301 897 9745.
April 10-12, Estoril (Portugal). Spring Meeting (Esc-Wg on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology). Portuguese Cardiology Society. Campo Grande, 28, 13.º. 01700 Lisbon (Portugal). Tel.: +351 217 817 630. Fax: +351 217 931 095. Web: www.spc.pt E-mail: congresso@mail.spc.pt
April 11, Madrid-Casa del Corazón (Spain). Cardiac Stimulation in the Clinical Cardiologist´s Service. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: 917 242 370. Fax: 917 242 371. Web: www.secardiologia.es E-mail: formacion@secardiologia.es
April 24-26, Mannheim (Germany). 69 Annual Meeting of the German Cardiac Society. Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Kardiologie-Herz-und Kreislaufforschung. Goethestr. 38a. 40237 Düsseldorf. Germany. Tel.: (0211) 600 692-0. Fax: (0211) 600 682-10. Web: www.dgkardio.de E-mail: kongress@dgkardio.de
April 29, Madrid-Casa del Corazón (Spain). III Refresher Course on Intracoronary Diagnostic Techniques. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: 917 242 371. Fax: 917 242 370. E-mail: secciones-filiales@secardiologia.es
May 2-4, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). XVI Meeting of the Canary Islands Cardiology Society. Canary Islands Cardiology Society. Dr. Antonio Castro (President). Colegio Oficial de Médicos. Horacio Nelson, 17. 38006 Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain). Tel.: 922 645 511. E-mail: secardiologia@yahoo.es
May 7-9, Pamplona (Spain). XXIV Congress of the Spanish Cardiology Nursing Association. Congrega. Rosalía de Castro, 13-1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña. Spain Tel.: 981 216 416. Fax: 981 217 542. E-mail: congrega@congrega.es
May 9, Madrid-Casa del Corazón (Spain). Adult Congenital Cardiopathy. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid. (Spain). Tel.: 917 242 370. Fax: 917 242 371. Web: www.secardiologia.es. E-mail: formacion@secardiologia.es
May 9-11, Lisbon (Portugal). Meeting of the Heart and Diabetes Work Group of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: 917 242 370. Fax: 917 242 371. E-mail: secciones-filiales@secardiologia.es
May 15-18, Puebla (Mexico). First Interamerican Heart Failure Congress. Interamerican Heart Failure Society. Tel.: (55) 5564 1227. Fax: (55) 5264 4956. Web: www.intsochf.org E-mail: Intsoc_heartfailure@hotmail.com
May 16-18, A Toxa-A Coruña (Spain). XVI Annual Conference of the Spanish Cardiac Transplant Groups. Congrega. Rosalía de Castro, 13 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña (Spain). Tel.: 981 216 416. Fax: 981 217 542. E-mail: congrega@congrega.es
May 22-23, Barcelona (Spain). Congress of the Catalan Cardiology Society. Catalan Cardiology Society/Srta. Rufina. Cerdeña, 350. 08025 Barcelona. Spain. Tel.: 932 081 517. Fax: 932 081 517. E-mail: rmarcop@medynet.com.
May 23-24, Seville (Spain). Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Cardiology Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society and National Congress of the Pediatric Cardiology Society. Acción Médica. Luis Montoto 95, 2.º A. 41018 Seville (Spain). Tel.: 54 980 520. Fax: 954 581 048. E-mail: andalucia@accionmedica.es.
May 29-30, Ciudad Real (Spain). Annual Meeting of the Pacemaker Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. De Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid. Spain. Tel.: 917 242 370. Fax: 917 242 371. E-mail: seccionesfiliales@secardiologia.es.
June 5-7, León (Spain). Annual Meeting of the Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid. Spain. Tel.: 917 242 370. Fax: 317.242.371. E-mail: seccionesfiliales@secardiologia.es.
June 5-7, Valencia (Spain). National Meeting of Preventative and Cardiology and Rehabilitation of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Congrega, S.L. Rosalía de Castro, 13, 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña. Spain. Tel.: 981 216 416. Fax: 981 217 542. E-mail: congrega@congrega.es.
June 11-14, Helsinki (Finland). XXX International Congress on Electrocardiology. ICE2003/Ragnar Granit Institute. Tampere University of Technology. P.O. Box 692. 33101 Tampere. Finland. Tel.: +358 3 3115 2524. Fax: +358 3 3115. 2162. Web: www.ice2003.net E-mail: soile.lonnqvist@tut.fi.
June 12-14, Bern (Switzerland). How To Set Up and Run a Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Training Programme. Ecor/The European Heart House. 2035 Route des Colles. 06903 Sophia Antipolis Cedex. Tel.: +33 0 4 92 94 76 00. Fax: +33 0 4 92 94 76 01. Web: www.escardio.org E-mail: seminars@escardio.org.
June 13-14, Segovia (Spain). Joint Meeting of the Canary Islands, Extremadura, and Castilian Cardiology Societies. Castilian Cardiology Society. Avda. Menéndez Pelayo, 67. 28009 Madrid. Tel.: 915 733 559. Fax: 914 096 980. Web: www.castellanacardio.es
June 19-21, Tenerife (Spain). National Meeting of the Out-hospital Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Congrega, S.L. Rosalía de Castro, 13, 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña. Spain. Tel.: 981 216 416. Fax: 981 217 542. E-mail: congrega@congrega.es.
June 19-21, Sitges, Barcelona (Spain). Meeting of the Hemodynamic and Interventionist Cardiology Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Viajes Pacífico/Srta. Mercè Martínez. Marià Cubí, 4. 08006 Barcelona. España. Tel.: 932 388 777. Fax: 932 387 488. E-mail: mmartinez@pacifico-meetings.com.