Journal History
Basic Information
Launched at the end of 1996 and edited by the Brazilian Association of Collective Health/ABRASCO, the Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva is a scientific forum for discussions, debates, research presentations, showcase of new ideas and controversies in the area. Since inception, the Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva fully complies with the requirements of scientific publication periodicity and standardization, according to the rules set forth by the Vancouver Convention, which are usually applicable to medicine and public health.
Articles are submitted through a submission platform accessible through the Journal's website (https://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/). After submission, articles undergo a standards review and, if found to have no outstanding issues, are sent to one of the editors-in-chief for a preliminary scoping review. Articles that pass the initial review are sent to associate editors, who conduct peer review. At least two researchers in the field are invited to evaluate the article. Approved articles are placed in press on the Journal's website (in a topic called ahead of print, being released but not finalized) and await publication/indexing in Scielo and the databases, in order of arrival and availability of the Journal. For publication, all articles undergo an anti-plagiarism program called Plagius Professional, which also detects the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The use of artificial intelligence in the Journal is accepted in a maximum of 20% of the text and authors must mention it in the methodological description, stating at which stage of the article it was used.
Since 2011, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva has been published monthly, in addition to occasionally publishing supplements. The Journal's specialty is to publish themed issues on topics relevant to Collective Health, as well as disseminate texts of importance to the sector, under topics called "free themes"; "reviews"; "opinions"; and "reviews and letters."
RC&SC has been indexed in SciELO since 2002; in PubMed since 2007; in Web of Science since 2009; and, more recently, in Scopus. Its gradual growth has been accompanied by the participation of authors from all Brazilian states and internationally, the latter even more modestly (20%). The main foreign contributors are Portuguese, Spanish, American, and Latin American authors. Since 2021, RC&SC has been published exclusively online, generally in Portuguese and English. Article abstracts in Spanish have also been incorporated since 2024. Although officially online, the Journal can be printed at the request of guest editors of a thematic issue, but the costs of this process must be covered by them. Readers have full access to publications on the homepage www.cienciasaudecoletiva.com.br, which in turn links to the link www.scielo.br/j/csc/grid. This database provides access to the content of all issues of the Journal since 1996.
Timeline
- 1996 – Creation of the Journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva.
- 2002 – The Journal is indexed in SciELO.
- 2007 – Entry into the PubMed database.
- 2009 – Entry into the Web of Science.
- 2011 – Begins monthly publication.
- 2014 – Begins publishing in Portuguese and English online.
- 2015 – The first issues are digitized and made available online, completing the collection of publications.
- 2021 – Progressive adherence to Open Science criteria.
- 2024 – Begins publishing abstracts in Spanish, in addition to Portuguese and English.
The Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva is currently rated A1 by the QUALIS Journal Classification System of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). The impact factor (IF) has been rising and, according to the Journal of Citation Reports (JCR), Web of Science, in 2016, the IF of the Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva reached 0.780. The current Impact Factor is 1.2. For more than five consecutive years, it ranked first in Google Scholar among all Brazilian scientific journals in any area.
In Open Access is the gold standard, with the highest number of publications by researchers from Brazilian institutions. The report mentioned 1,937 publications (including articles and reviews) by researchers from Brazilian institutions between 2019 and 2023, placing Ciência & Saúde Coletiva as the only Brazilian journal in the Top 3 of the ranking. In first place, with 3,102 publications, is Scientific Reports, from the German group Nature Publishing. Next, in the Top 2, with 2,953 publications, is the North American journal PLOS One. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva ranks third, according to the Clarivate Report on Changes in Research in Brazil (2024).
Since 2021, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva has been aligning with the Open Science criteria, progressively adopting its principles and practices. The Journal's open access license is CC-BY 4.0. This license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon their work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit the original creation.
Beginning in 2021, a symbolic submission fee of R$100.00 was charged for domestic articles (submitted from Brazil) and US$25.00 for international articles (submitted from abroad). This fee is non-refundable if originals are rejected. This support from authors is essential for the Journal's funding. There is no publication fee.
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva is also present on online social networks, with pages on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/revistacienciaesaudecoletiva) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/revistacienciaesaudecoletiva).
The journal is indexed by:
| 1. SCIELO – www.scielo.br | International |
2. LILACS – www.bireme.br |
Regional |
3. LATINDEX – www.latindex.unam.mx |
International |
4. CSA SÓCIOLÓGICA ABSTRACTS – www.csa.com |
International |
5. CAB ABSTRACTS – www.cabi-publishing.org |
International |
6. GLOBAL HEALTH – www.cabi.org |
International |
7. REPDISCA/OPAS – www.blz.paho.org/dc.htm |
International |
8. DOAJ – www.doaj.org |
International |
9. FREE MEDICAL JOURNALS - www.freemedicaljournals.com |
International |
10. SUMÁRIOS - www.sumarios.org |
National |
11. MEDLINE/Index Medicus - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/ |
International |
12. SCOPUS - http://www.scopus.com/scopus/home.url |
International |
13. ISI/Thomson databases - http://apps.isiknowledge.com/ |
International |
14. Gale Cengage Learning - http://www.gale.cengage.com/ |
International |
15. EBSCO Publishing - http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/ebscohost/ |
International |
16. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/JCR?RQ=HOME |
International |
17. Diretórios de Cabel- Cabel´s Directory of Publishing Opportunities - www.cabells.com |
International |
18. DRJI- DIRECTORY OF RESEARCH JOURNAL INDEXING - http://drji.org/ |
International |
19. E- REVIST@S- PLATAFORMA DE OPEN ACCESS DE REVISTAS CIENTÍFICAS ESPAÑOLAS Y LATINOAMERINCANAS - http://www.erevistas.csic.es/ |
International |
20. SSCI- SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX - http://thomsonreuters.com/social-sciences-citation-index/ |
International |
21. ProQuest- Databases, EBooks and Technology for Research - http://www.proquest.com/ |
International |
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22. 1 Science – Advanced Research Information Systems - https://www.1science.com |
International |
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23. ABCD - Academic Business Current Data - https://abcdindex.com/journal.php |
International |
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24. Miguilim - Diretório das revistas científicas eletrônicas brasileiras https://miguilim.ibict.br |
Nacional |
Intellectual Property
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