Apr 2015
The first issue of HCS-Manguinhos, 1994.
Today, April 7th, World Health Day, we would like to share with our readers our 20 years of history. The journal História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos was first launched in July 26, 1994 by “Casa de Oswaldo Cruz”, a unit of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, an institution linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
The journal began being published three issues a year and four years later launched its digital version and also an annual thematic supplement. In 2000 it was included in the virtual library Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online). The free access to its full content on the internet contributed to expand the journal’s visibility, and the increasing number of articles turned out to require its quarterly edition, which began in 2006. In this same year, the journal was also included in PubMed/Medline, the largest and most accessed free database of medical literature.
In 2013, we launched a blog in Portuguese and one in English and Spanish, as well as profiles on Facebook (Portuguese and English / Spanish) and Twitter. This pioneering experience among Brazilian scientific publications increased the visibility of our articles, including older ones forgotten in cyberspace.
We would also like to thank the readers and authors, who both support us republishing our publications in their own social networks, thus contributing to the wide dissemination of the history, science and health – our primary goal.
Our greetings to all. Cheers!
