Expectations for a New Scenario in Science and Technology

[摘要] As has happened in the past few years, here I come with my editorial for 2023. Before I announce what is new for the coming year, I should emphasize that these last two have been hard for our Journal. We have experienced a decrease in the number of submitted papers and as a result, we had to diminish the number of papers per issue. Our feelings are that in Brazil and other countries, the problems from the COVID-19 pandemic are still on and have been reflected severely in research worldwide.If from one side health problems by themselves were enough to bring a lot of difficulties to the system of research and development, in our country we have faced extra difficulties with a government that has drastically cut the budget for science and technology. This situation has created an enormous complication for maintaining laboratories and research grants and, in general, the research has been largely affected, resulting in shortage of articles generated and submitted to different journals. The government has constantly denied, doubted, and resisted science, characterizing its negationist behavior and propagator of misinformation.The political situation is expected to change at the beginning of 2023 with the newly elected president, however, we should not forget that the budget for the new year has already been approved. Even though there have been some movements to change the budget, this will involve a long negotiation with congress.

[学科分类] 内科医学