The 115th anniversary of the scientific journal 'Memories of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute' were the theme of the fourth edition of the project 'We are Manguinhos'.
The event brought together editors, collaborators and authors from different generations who contributed to the publication's more than century-old trajectory.
The testimonies revealed behind the scenes of the journal in different periods and highlighted its importance for Brazilian and international science.
The session took place on December 10, 2024, in the Emmanuel Dias auditorium, in the Arthur Neiva Pavilion, on the F campus.iocruz, in Manguinhos, in Rio de Janeiro.
The activity was integrated into the Center for Studies of IOC and the Secular Silver Jubilee of the Institute's 125th anniversary.
Watch the video of the event.
The opening of the session highlighted the legacy of 'Memoirs' for the IOC, to Fiocruz and Brazil.
Founded in 1909, with the aim of publicizing the research carried out at the Institute, 'Memórias' was only interrupted from 1977 to 1979, during the military dictatorship.
In the 1980s, it underwent an editorial transformation, becoming an international journal open to publishing articles from different institutions and countries.
Combining tradition and modernity, it has established itself as one of the most relevant publications in the biomedical field.
“Memórias is a great example of our unique scientific vocation, since its inception, which has to do with the visionary character of Oswaldo Cruz. It is also one of the many survivals that the Institute had during the military dictatorship. It is important to celebrate this”, stated the coordinator of the Journalism and Communication Department of the Institute. IOC and creator of 'Somos Manguinhos', Raquel Aguiar.
Project host and former editor-in-chief of 'Memórias', researcher Ricardo Loureço de Oliveira presented a timeline, prepared by the team currently in charge of the magazine, with milestones in the periodical's trajectory.
“Memórias has always been an important space for scientific publication. For example, it became known as a relevant journal for publishing on Chagas disease since Carlos Chagas’ article in 1909. It is a testament to the history of IOC and survived 115 years due to an institutional decision”, highlighted Ricardo.
The director of IOC, Tania Cremonini de Araujo-Jorge, highlighted the institutional commitment to the future of the publication.
“This is a moment of joy and a milestone to think about the future. We have an obligation to think about how we will sustain, maintain and modernize the Memories of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. We need to learn from the past to look to the future. There is no shortage of proposals and determination to do so,” said Tania.
The historical and current relevance of the magazine was highlighted by the Information and Communication coordinator of the Vice-Presidency of Education, Information and Communication of the Fioccross (VPEIC/Fiocruz), Vanessa de Arruda Jorge, and by the director of the Scielo Program, Abel Packer.
“It is a reference journal in several aspects. In addition to a past that makes us proud, Memórias has been a major player in the current debate about the future of international scientific publications published in Brazil,” said Vanessa, who represented the Vice President of Education, Information and Communication at Fiocruz, Cristiani Vieira Machado, at the event.
“Memórias is a heritage of Brazilian science and culture. The published articles represent and mark Brazil’s presence in international scientific research and dissemination, and the journal represents the state of the art in open science,” emphasized Abel, in a video statement.
The session paid tribute to the researchers who played the role of editors of Memórias, contributing to the high quality of the journal.
Ricardo Lourenço recalled that Oswaldo Cruz was the first editor of 'Memórias', since responsibility for the publication was initially assigned to the director of IOC.
The contribution of three researchers who worked in the Publications and Dissemination Sector of the IOC, who was responsible for publishing the journal in part of the 1960s and 1970s, during the military dictatorship, when the institution suffered from the dismissal of researchers and a lack of resources.
Heading the sector between 1969 and 1971, researcher Ana Khon recalled the procedures adopted for publication, including the evaluation of works by a committee of three scientists, with the participation of the director of IOC, and the proofreading of typographical proofs carried out by herself.
“In 1970, the magazine published only one issue and in 1971 three issues were published, of which I participated in the editing of the first. I feel very proud to have been part of this history, especially at such a delicate and difficult time for our institution,” said Ana.
The challenges of publishing were addressed at a panel discussion with the participation of the editor-in-chief of 'Memórias', Adeilton Brandão; the publisher, Ana Carolina Vicente, and the executive editor, Hikmat Zein.
“We are at the moment of deciding what the journal and the institution have to do so that Memórias can insert itself into the scenario of radical rupture in the way of disseminating knowledge and continue to disseminate good science. Brazil is behind in this debate, but it is possible,” said Adeilton.
The actions to modernize the magazine and increase its international visibility after the editorial transformation of 1989 were highlighted.
"Memórias has always been very up to date. The team worked hard to speed up the publication and indexing of articles in Pubmed. As a result, the work became more visible and the journal's impact factor grew, which was the objective at the time, although today this indicator is questioned", commented Ana Carolina.
“When we implemented online submission, the journal went to another level. Many articles were published. The journal became very robust. We changed platforms because we needed to process more information. Memórias has always acted as a pilot for other Scielo journals,” Hikmat highlighted.
The event also featured a statement from former editor-in-chief of 'Memoirs' Hooman Momen, who recalled the creation of the publication's first website in 1996.
“With this, we were able to disseminate the Memoirs much more widely. We were one of the first online journals. In our field of parasitology and tropical medicine, there were no other online journals at that time,” said Momen.
The newspaper's team was also honored with a statement from former executive editor Luciane Willcox, who succeeded her mother, Marly Willcox, in the role.
“She [Marly] arrived at the magazine in 1979 and stayed in the position for 15 years. She created an archiving system, standard response letters for authors and several initiatives that were very important for Memórias”, recalled Luciane.
The authors with the most papers published in the journal over the past ten years emphasized the journal's prestige and relevance in the field of infectious diseases.
“Our most recent article in Memórias addresses the sporotrichosis epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, which has been going on for 25 years. In a short period of time, this article has received five citations from groups we are not familiar with and has led to three invitations to speak on this topic at scientific events. The journal has visibility and credibility and is very important for the field of mycology and other neglected areas,” said Rodrigo de Almeida Paes, head of the Mycology Laboratory at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI/F).iocruz), who has published 11 articles in the journal over the past ten years.
“I am very happy to contribute articles to Memórias. My most cited work is the 1993 article on the detection of T. cruzi directly in blood, published in Memórias, the same journal that published Carlos Chagas’ work. I encourage all researchers to publish in our in-house journal,” said Constança Brito, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endemic Diseases at the IOC, which had eight articles published in the journal in the last decade.
“Memórias is a magazine that has history and that values the history of science. Today, there is a commercial vision of publishing that does not value this. I am very grateful to contribute to this”, said Helena Lucia Cerneiro dos Santos, researcher at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases of the IOC and author of an article in special edition of the periodical who revisited the first works published in 1909.
The final part of the event was open to speeches from the audience, including statements from the head of the rare works section of the Manguinhos Library, Fátima Duarte; from the editors of the magazines 'Cadernos de Saúde Pública', Marilia Fonseca, and 'História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos', Roberta Cerqueira; from the researcher of the Scientific Computing Program (Procc/Fiocruz) and associate editor of 'Memórias', Claudia Codeço; the deputy head of the INI Parasitology Laboratory, Sidnei Silva; and the associate editors of 'Memórias', Mariza Morgado, researcher at the AIDS and Molecular Immunology Laboratory of IOC, and Marcelo Pelajo, head of the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Health at IOC.
The 115th anniversary of the scientific journal 'Memories of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute' were the theme of the fourth edition of the project 'We are Manguinhos'.
The event brought together editors, collaborators and authors from different generations who contributed to the publication's more than century-old trajectory.
The testimonies revealed behind the scenes of the journal in different periods and highlighted its importance for Brazilian and international science.
The session took place on December 10, 2024, in the Emmanuel Dias auditorium, in the Arthur Neiva Pavilion, on the F campus.iocruz, in Manguinhos, in Rio de Janeiro.
The activity was integrated into the Center for Studies of IOC and the Secular Silver Jubilee of the Institute's 125th anniversary.
Watch the video of the event.
The opening of the session highlighted the legacy of 'Memoirs' for the IOC, to Fiocruz and Brazil.
Founded in 1909, with the aim of publicizing the research carried out at the Institute, 'Memórias' was only interrupted from 1977 to 1979, during the military dictatorship.
In the 1980s, it underwent an editorial transformation, becoming an international journal open to publishing articles from different institutions and countries.
Combining tradition and modernity, it has established itself as one of the most relevant publications in the biomedical field.
“Memórias is a great example of our unique scientific vocation, since its inception, which has to do with the visionary character of Oswaldo Cruz. It is also one of the many survivals that the Institute had during the military dictatorship. It is important to celebrate this”, stated the coordinator of the Journalism and Communication Department of the Institute. IOC and creator of 'Somos Manguinhos', Raquel Aguiar.
Project host and former editor-in-chief of 'Memórias', researcher Ricardo Loureço de Oliveira presented a timeline, prepared by the team currently in charge of the magazine, with milestones in the periodical's trajectory.
“Memórias has always been an important space for scientific publication. For example, it became known as a relevant journal for publishing on Chagas disease since Carlos Chagas’ article in 1909. It is a testament to the history of IOC and survived 115 years due to an institutional decision”, highlighted Ricardo.
The director of IOC, Tania Cremonini de Araujo-Jorge, highlighted the institutional commitment to the future of the publication.
“This is a moment of joy and a milestone to think about the future. We have an obligation to think about how we will sustain, maintain and modernize the Memories of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. We need to learn from the past to look to the future. There is no shortage of proposals and determination to do so,” said Tania.
The historical and current relevance of the magazine was highlighted by the Information and Communication coordinator of the Vice-Presidency of Education, Information and Communication of the Fioccross (VPEIC/Fiocruz), Vanessa de Arruda Jorge, and by the director of the Scielo Program, Abel Packer.
“It is a reference journal in several aspects. In addition to a past that makes us proud, Memórias has been a major player in the current debate about the future of international scientific publications published in Brazil,” said Vanessa, who represented the Vice President of Education, Information and Communication at Fiocruz, Cristiani Vieira Machado, at the event.
“Memórias is a heritage of Brazilian science and culture. The published articles represent and mark Brazil’s presence in international scientific research and dissemination, and the journal represents the state of the art in open science,” emphasized Abel, in a video statement.
The session paid tribute to the researchers who played the role of editors of Memórias, contributing to the high quality of the journal.
Ricardo Lourenço recalled that Oswaldo Cruz was the first editor of 'Memórias', since responsibility for the publication was initially assigned to the director of IOC.
The contribution of three researchers who worked in the Publications and Dissemination Sector of the IOC, who was responsible for publishing the journal in part of the 1960s and 1970s, during the military dictatorship, when the institution suffered from the dismissal of researchers and a lack of resources.
Heading the sector between 1969 and 1971, researcher Ana Khon recalled the procedures adopted for publication, including the evaluation of works by a committee of three scientists, with the participation of the director of IOC, and the proofreading of typographical proofs carried out by herself.
“In 1970, the magazine published only one issue and in 1971 three issues were published, of which I participated in the editing of the first. I feel very proud to have been part of this history, especially at such a delicate and difficult time for our institution,” said Ana.
The challenges of publishing were addressed at a panel discussion with the participation of the editor-in-chief of 'Memórias', Adeilton Brandão; the publisher, Ana Carolina Vicente, and the executive editor, Hikmat Zein.
“We are at the moment of deciding what the journal and the institution have to do so that Memórias can insert itself into the scenario of radical rupture in the way of disseminating knowledge and continue to disseminate good science. Brazil is behind in this debate, but it is possible,” said Adeilton.
The actions to modernize the magazine and increase its international visibility after the editorial transformation of 1989 were highlighted.
"Memórias has always been very up to date. The team worked hard to speed up the publication and indexing of articles in Pubmed. As a result, the work became more visible and the journal's impact factor grew, which was the objective at the time, although today this indicator is questioned", commented Ana Carolina.
“When we implemented online submission, the journal went to another level. Many articles were published. The journal became very robust. We changed platforms because we needed to process more information. Memórias has always acted as a pilot for other Scielo journals,” Hikmat highlighted.
The event also featured a statement from former editor-in-chief of 'Memoirs' Hooman Momen, who recalled the creation of the publication's first website in 1996.
“With this, we were able to disseminate the Memoirs much more widely. We were one of the first online journals. In our field of parasitology and tropical medicine, there were no other online journals at that time,” said Momen.
The newspaper's team was also honored with a statement from former executive editor Luciane Willcox, who succeeded her mother, Marly Willcox, in the role.
“She [Marly] arrived at the magazine in 1979 and stayed in the position for 15 years. She created an archiving system, standard response letters for authors and several initiatives that were very important for Memórias”, recalled Luciane.
The authors with the most papers published in the journal over the past ten years emphasized the journal's prestige and relevance in the field of infectious diseases.
“Our most recent article in Memórias addresses the sporotrichosis epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, which has been going on for 25 years. In a short period of time, this article has received five citations from groups we are not familiar with and has led to three invitations to speak on this topic at scientific events. The journal has visibility and credibility and is very important for the field of mycology and other neglected areas,” said Rodrigo de Almeida Paes, head of the Mycology Laboratory at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI/F).iocruz), who has published 11 articles in the journal over the past ten years.
“I am very happy to contribute articles to Memórias. My most cited work is the 1993 article on the detection of T. cruzi directly in blood, published in Memórias, the same journal that published Carlos Chagas’ work. I encourage all researchers to publish in our in-house journal,” said Constança Brito, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endemic Diseases at the IOC, which had eight articles published in the journal in the last decade.
“Memórias is a magazine that has history and that values the history of science. Today, there is a commercial vision of publishing that does not value this. I am very grateful to contribute to this”, said Helena Lucia Cerneiro dos Santos, researcher at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases of the IOC and author of an article in special edition of the periodical who revisited the first works published in 1909.
The final part of the event was open to speeches from the audience, including statements from the head of the rare works section of the Manguinhos Library, Fátima Duarte; from the editors of the magazines 'Cadernos de Saúde Pública', Marilia Fonseca, and 'História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos', Roberta Cerqueira; from the researcher of the Scientific Computing Program (Procc/Fiocruz) and associate editor of 'Memórias', Claudia Codeço; the deputy head of the INI Parasitology Laboratory, Sidnei Silva; and the associate editors of 'Memórias', Mariza Morgado, researcher at the AIDS and Molecular Immunology Laboratory of IOC, and Marcelo Pelajo, head of the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Health at IOC.
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