Brazilian Journal of Sport Sciences: the End of an editorial time

Abstract

Considering the editorials published in the Brazilian Journal of Sport Sciences (RBCE), especially between 2013 and 2018, this paper analyses the last five years of the journal's management, revisiting some of the scientific policy of RBCE. From this perspective, the main is to reflect on the difficulties, challenges and dilemmas of scientific publishing in Physical Education, especially regarding to professionalization, internationalization, financing and partnership with Elsevier. It is a publisher of medical and scientific literature whose platforms offer integrated technology and content interactivity, what makes easier the work of disseminating scientific knowledge and publishing of journals. This facility does not exempt the editors the political dimension of their office and their ask to make clear the processes of governance that involve Physical Education, production and dissemination of knowledge and the intervention that comes from it.

Keywords

• Editoria
• Periódico científico
• RBCE
• Atitude crítica