Profile and scientific production of Brazilian National Council of Technological and Scientific Development researchers in Pediatrics

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the profile and the scientific production of researchers in Pediatrics with scholarship from the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development.

Methods: The Lattes curricula of 34 researchers in Pediatrics with active scholarships, from 2006 to 2008 were included in the analysis. The variables of interest were: gender, affiliation, time since PHD, tutoring of undergraduate students, mentorship of masters and doctors, scientific production and the papers' impact.

Results: In a total of 411 researchers in Medicine, 34 (8%) belonged to Pediatrics. Males (77%) and scholars in the category 2 of productivity (62%) prevailed. Three states of Brazil were responsible for approximately 90% of the researchers: São Paulo (53%), Minas Gerais (21%), and Rio Grande do Sul (15%). During their academic career, the Pediatrics researchers have published 3,122 articles with a median of 89 articles per researcher (interquartile range - IQ=51-119). Of the total, 40 and 59% articles were indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, respectively. The Pediatrics researchers have published papers in 599 journals with a median impact factor of 2.35 (IQ=1.37-3.73) for the 323 indexed journals.

Conclusions: The Pediatrics researchers have a relevant scientific output from the quantity point of the view, but there is a need to improve quality.

Graph 1. Median of articles published/year across their scientific career and in the last 5 years by 34 CNPq researchers in the area of Pediatrics

Graph 2. Distribution of the Impact Factor of the journals in which articles by CNPq researchers in Pediatrics were published. The graph shows the distribution of the Impact Factor to the limit of 15 (11 journals with greater values were excluded in the presentation of the graph)

Gráfico 1. Mediana de artigos publicados/ano em toda a carreira científica e nos últimos cinco anos por 34 pesquisadores do CNPq com área de atuação em Pediatria

Gráfico 2. Distribuição do Fator de Impacto dos periódicos nos quais foram publicados os artigos dos pesquisadores do CNPq com área de atuação em Pediatria. O gráfico mostra a distribuição do Fator de Impacto até o limite de 15 (11 periódicos com valores acima foram excluídos na apresentação do gráfico)