Health Surveillance in Debate: 10 years of contributions to knowledge in healthcare

Abstract

This debate is the result of a brief study in the journal Health Surveillance in Debate: Society, Science & Technology (Visa em Debate) in its first decade. The objective is to present a panoramic view of the publications of this journal. The articles were classified into previously defined categories and the institutions to which the authors of the publications were linked were also identified. The category “Objects Under Sanitary Control” contains the largest number of publications, with 72.0% of the total, among which food, medicines and health services predominated. The categories “National Health Surveillance System”, “Health Regulation and Surveillance”, “Diseases, Agents, Epidemiology”, and “Analytical Technologies” presented similar amounts of around 7.0%. Among the authors’ affiliation institutions, universities and other higher education institutions are the ones with the highest number, in all regions. The Southeast region possesses the largest number of references, followed by the Northeast, South, Midwest, and finally the North region. In addition, links to universities in other countries, such as Canada, France, Portugal, and Colombia, were mentioned. A great diversity of themes was observed in all categories of classification and there are still gaps and/or few works in certain themes that are relevant to the area. This study shows that the journal has become a relevant vehicle for the dissemination of knowledge in health in general, and sanitary surveillance, in particular. In this short time, this journal has already been indexed in relevant scientific databases and has a good Qualis/Capes classification in the interdisciplinary area of health, which contributes to a
growing number of publications from renowned universities.