Ambiente e Água: a journal on the rise.

Ambiente e Água - An International Journal of Applied Science just published its eighth issue, completing the third number of its third volume with all issues published on time. The number of submissions increased significantly and as a result the number of published papers. Eleven articles were published in this issue. The geographic and institutional origin of authors also increased not only throughout Brazil, but also from abroad. First authors came from 28 different institutions in Brazil from all over the country and from 5 different institutions from abroad. The average number of weekly visitors increased from ~ 300 per week in 2007 to ~ 700 recently. The international interest in the journal is clearly evidenced by the number of countries and geographical coverage of readers. One significant improvement was the increased number of qualified peer reviewers registered for article's evaluation, as listed in this issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]