title: Celebrating Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, reminiscing about the trajectory of Physis.
abstract: We describe the history and characteristics of the journal Physis by presenting an overview of what was published in the 24 years since its first issue. We present some data relating to quotations and a critical discussion of same. We end with a discussion of recently observed movements in policies of government agencies regarding scientific policy, expressing our concern and advocating a policy fomenting the diversity and the broadening of the scope of vehicles of scientific dissemination.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Social, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, kenneth@uerj.br.
authors.forename: Kenneth Rochel
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: de Camargo Júnior
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011634:Public Health; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history / Q000706:statistics & numerical data