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CARMONA, Oswaldo  y  VIDAL RODRIGUEZ, Lemoine. A brief history of the Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Microbiología (RSVM): XXX Anniversary (1981-2011). Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.2, pp.88-96. ISSN 1315-2556.

The Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Microbiología -RSVM- (Venezuelan Journal of Microbiology Society) reached its XXX Anniversary (1981-2011). Its origin goes back to the serials Micronoticias (1971) and the Boletín Informativo de la SVM (1975). In 1981 its becomes Boletín SVM, regarded as the starting point of the current RSVM.This work contains an historical review highlighting the key points in its transformation stages, the currents state and its scope as a printed and electronic journal with international visibility and open access though repositories systems: SciELO Venezuela, LILACS, LIVECS and iberoamerican reference systems: REDALYC, Latindex and the SIIC system, as well as the SVM web page and SaberUCV

Palabras clave : Microbiology journals; History; Revista Sociedad Venezolana de Microbiología.