Training activities at CSP: the rewarding experience with the internship program in science publishing in 2017

摘要

The range of activities coordinated by the Editors-in-chief in CSP is broad. In addition to assessing all the regular article submissions (more than 2,200 thus far in 2017) and monitor- ing the journal's editorial process, we commission articles and debates on contemporary issues that are important to Public Health in Brazil and the world 1 . In 2017, we published fifteen articles in the Perspectives and four in the Thematic Section. Such articles foster critical reflection on various topics, ranging from political decisions affecting social rights and the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) to disease control and health services. At a time of increasing rejection of scientific knowledge, whether related to global warming or the effectiveness of vaccines 2 , the involvement of scientific journals in science dissemina- tion, which values its link to current problems and debates in society, is essential 3.