Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health: activities and results

<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d7307194e152">The Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health (RBSO) is dedicated to the area of ​​occupational health and safety. It publishes scientific articles that bring reflections and critical analyses on relevant issues, within the scope of the relationship between work and health. It is published by the Jorge Duprat Figueiredo Foundation for Occupational Health and Safety, a public institution of the Brazilian Ministry of Labor and Employment, since 1973. It is a diamond open access journal, published online and continuously. In 2023, RBSO completed 50 years of existence. This work reports on the activities carried out to celebrate the journal's fiftieth anniversary and the results achieved. In 2022, the editorial team held meetings to plan the activities to be carried out. A commemorative seal was created to guide the visual identity of RBSO's 50th anniversary, a thematic dossier entitled “RBSO's 50th Anniversary: ​​a look at the past, present and future of workers' health” was prepared, the journal's app for smartphones was launched (available for download on Android and iOS platforms), three podcasts were produced with interviews with people who were important to the journal’s development, and in-person and online events were held, including nine webinars. The activities helped to increase the visibility of the journal. In the thematic dossier, 17 peer-reviewed articles were published, which attracted downloads and citations. The series of activities held to celebrate RBSO's 50th anniversary involved the editorial team, personnel from several areas of Fundacentro, as well as external guests, which included editors, authors and other partners, such as SciELO representatives. The relations with other journals’ editors and with entities in the publishing sector were strengthened. In 2024, RBSO reached its best position (39th) in the Portuguese Google Scholar Metrics ranking (h-5 = 24, median = 50). At the end of 2025, RBSO was indexed in the Scopus database.