Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (JVATiTD) (http://www.jvat.org), a noncommercial open access Journal, is proud to announce its new Impact Factor of 2.935 (InCites Journal Citation Reports) and 2.973 of Cites/Doc (Scimago Journal & Country Rank). An increase of more than 60% over last year! We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our readers, authors and supporters. We count on you to continue moving forward. Submit your manuscript to JVATiTD (http://www.jvat.org) and make sure it gets the deserved attention. Benedito Barraviera