Manuscript category of Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde: journal of the Brazilian Unified Health System (RESS) aimed at describing methodological procedures, including innovative methods and improvements to existing methods that are relevant to the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS).

Published as a series of manuscripts and by invitation from the RESS editors, the methodological series seek to support the development and publication of research that contributes to the dissemination of scientific evidence relevant to the SUS.

Scientific Communication

A series that explores the structure of a scientific article and the steps to follow for effective scientific writing.

1. Structure of a scientific paper
2. Preparation for writing a scientific paper
3. The introduction of a scientific paper
4. The methods section of a scientific paper
5. The results section of a scientific paper
6. The discussion section of a scientific paper
7. The abstract of a scientific paper
8. Ten steps to produce a successful scientific paper

Systematic Review

Series on conducting systematic literature reviews and reporting them.

1. Systematic literature reviews: steps for their preparation
2. Search and article selection stages in systematic literature reviews
3. Data extraction, quality assessment, and data synthesis for systematic reviews
4. Heterogeneity and publication bias in systematic reviews
5. Assessment of the quality of evidence in systematic reviews
6. Writing, publishing, and quality assessment of systematic reviews
7. Systematic reviews and other types of synthesis: comments on the methodological series published in Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
8. The PRISMA 2020 statement in Portuguese: updated recommendations for reporting systematic reviews
9. The PRISMA 2020 statement: updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

Economic Evaluation

Series on conducting health economic evaluations and reporting them.

1. Economic evaluation studies in health: definition and applicability to health systems and services
2. Identification, measurement, and valuation of health costs
3. Outcomes in health economic evaluation studies
4. Analytical models in economic evaluation studies
5. Uncertainty in economic evaluation studies
6. Budget impact analysis
7. Guidelines for reporting economic evaluation studies