Isabel Cruz, PhD, RN a Full Professor Medical-Surgical Nursing in the Fluminense Federal University, School of Nursing, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Received baccalaureate (1981) in Fluminense Federal University and master’s degrees in nursing from Rio de Janeiro Federal University (1988), Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, and a doctoral degree from the São Paulo University of São Paulo – Brazil. Full Professor Medical-Surgical Nursing in the Fluminense Federal University, School of Nursing, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A successful nursing editor, she was selected by the JAMA for the Sponsored Scholars Program to participate in the Fifth International Congress on Peer Review in Biomedical Publication and the PreCongress Short Course for Editors. She is professor of research methodology and director of the OBJN Publishing Your Paper Online!
