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

Series that reflects on the structure of the scientific article and the stages to be observed for good scientific writing.

1. Structure of a scientific article
2. Preparing to write a scientific article
3. The introduction of a scientific article
4. The methods section of a scientific article
5. The results section of a scientific article
6. The discussion section of a scientific article
7. The abstract of a scientific article
8. Ten steps to produce a successful scientific article

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