Grim perspectives for Brazilian periodicals

Tough times lie ahead. This is the general feeling on almost everyone´s mind. That Covid-19 would turn into a world-crisis, with devastating effects that go beyond the economy, was quite clear right from the start. The publication system was also impacted. Thousands of articles have been published and several special issues dedicated to the coronavirus-19 disease were organized, but not in Brazil, where lack of funding is negatively affecting science in numerous ways. In addition, it appears that scientific journals published in the country are at the end of the list of priorities…

[Original article published in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, vol. 93 no. 1, Perspectivas sombrias para periódicos do Brasil]