Revisitando a trajetória da Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde: o ciclo virtuoso de 2011 a 2018

Abstract

Revisiting the trajectory of RESS, especially in the more recent period, 2011 to 2018, attests to the virtuous circle experienced by the journal. RESS was created in 1992 under the name Epidemiological Report (IESUS). In 2003, the Ministry of Health created its Health Surveillance Secretariat (SVS/MS), which became responsible for publishing the journal from then on. Concomitantly, the journal took on its current format and name. Its main mission is to spread epidemiological knowledge applicable to actions of prevention, surveillance and control of diseases and disorders of interest to Public Health, aiming at the improvement of services offered by the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). In the period under analysis, RESS has achieved important victories, such as the review of its Strengthening Plan, the expansion of the Editorial Committee, the professionalization of its editors, the definition of flows and controls of the editorial process, among others (Figure 1). Its inclusion in the most important Public Health bibliographic databases in Brazil and the world has also been a cause for commemoration. In 2014, the electronic version of RESS was accepted for inclusion in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO Brazil) collection; in 2015, RESS was indexed in the SciELO Public Health Collection. 1 As an outcome of this effort, RESS was assessed by the Public Health Commission of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), in relation to the period 2013-2016, and gained Qualis/CAPES grade B2 ranking. Being indexed on the SciELO base was, at the time of that evaluation, one of the criteria for classification as a B2 2 publication. New international indexes were achieved in the years that followed-Medline (2016), Scopus, Embase, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, a new Web of Science index run by Clarivate Analytics), CAB Abstracts, CABI full text and MIAR (2017), attesting to the quality achieved by RESS and ensuring greater range and international visibility for the journal. With effect from 2014 (vol. 23, No. 3), abstracts also began to be published in Spanish, in addition to the abstracts in Portuguese and English. From 2015 onwards, the percentage of published articles fully translated into English began to increase. Finally, with effect from 2018 the electronic version of RESS has been published in both Portuguese and English. Ever since its creation, RESS has provided open access to its entire contents, and there are no fees for submission, translation or publication of approved articles. With effect from 2014, RESS took out a Creative Commons BY-NC-type copyright license, in the same way as all other Ministry of Health publications. This license allows the reproduction, distribution and adaptation of published material, without the need to obtain prior permission from the editors, although its commercial use is not allowed and credit must be given to the authors and to the journal. RESS has a close relationship with Public Health institutions and academic even...

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, 2011 a 2021: uma década virtuosa

“…3 O período de 2011 a 2021 foi caracterizado pela ampliação da relevância da RESS na área da Saúde Coletiva, e sua consolidação como periódico científico com qualidade e reconhecimento nacional e internacional. 3,7 Nessa década virtuosa, a revista apresentou expressivo crescimento no número de artigos submetidos e publicados (Figura 1), bem como incremento de seus indicadores de acesso e citação, com consequente melhoria na classificação Qualis CAPES. 8 Do número 4 de 2011 ao número 3 de 2021, foram publicados 39 números regulares, incluindo 641 artigos originais ou de revisão.…”