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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0872-1904</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Port. Electrochim. Acta]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0872-1904</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Electroquímica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0872-19042025000100055</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4152/pea.2025430105</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Portuguese Electrochemical Society: Four Decades Fostering Electrochemistry]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pombeiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Armando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural Instituto Superior Técnico]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>55</fpage>
<lpage>85</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0872-19042025000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0872-19042025000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0872-19042025000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Along its 4 decades, the Portuguese Electrochemical Society (Sociedade Portuguesa de Eletroquímica, SPE) has been fostering the Electrochemical Sciences through a diversity of perspectives and pathways, which are illustrated in this talk, within the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of this Society. They include: (i) the publication of Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta (PEA), the only journal on original research in chemical sciences currently being published in Portugal; (ii) the organization of conferences of the SPE and of the Iberic Meetings of Electrochemistry (IME), the latter jointly with the Specialized Group of Electrochemistry of the Royal Spanish Chemical Society (Grupo Especializado de Electroquímica de la Real Sociedad Española de Química, GEE-RSEQ), apart from sponsoring other international conferences; (iii) the award of prizes for senior scientists and for young researchers; (iv) the coinage of celebratory medals; (v) the surveys of the Research on Electrochemistry in Portugal; (vi) the establishment of a Library; (vii) the cooperation with other scientific societies; (viii) other initiatives; and (ix) prospects. All the above-mentioned topics should contribute to the assignment of the role of the SPE within the national panorama of science and education in Portugal.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[IME]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[PEA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[RSEQ]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[GEE-RSEQ]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SPE]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SPQ]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[meetings]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medals]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[prizes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[research survey.]]></kwd>
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</front><back>
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