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Central international visibility of Brazilian psychiatric publications from 1981 to 1995

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  • Jacqueline Leta

    (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de)

  • Raphael Jacques

    (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

  • Ivan Figueira

    (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

  • Leopoldo De Meis

    (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de)

Abstract

In this study, we examine the scientific output of Brazilian psychiatry, based on the databaseof the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), publications in the 10 most important psychiatricjournals, and publications in major Brazilian journals. The number of Brazilian publications (i.e.,those carrying at least one Brazilian address) in psychiatry in the ISI database increased by 168%during the 15-year period under study (1981-1995) . Despite this growth, the relative contributionof publications in psychiatry to the country's publications in medical sciences did not change overthe 15-year period. This fraction, around 2%, remained at less than one-third of the averagecontribution of psychiatry journals to publications in medicine worldwide. The impact inferredfrom number of citations (1981-1992) shows that Brazilian articles in psychiatry were cited lessthan the world average in this field. In the 10 psychiatry journals with the highest impact,Brazilian authors published only 48 articles in the 1981-1995 period, representing only 0.2% ofthe articles in those journals. Like their American and British counterparts, Brazilian psychiatristsalso published primarily in domestic journals: 87.1% of the publications by Brazilians appeared inthe two major Brazilian psychiatric journals, compared with only 12.9% in foreign journals.Among publications in psychiatry in the ISI database, the number of articles co-authored byBrazilians with scientists from other countries increased 12.3 fold from 1981-1985 to 1991-1995,representing at the end 50% of all publications by Brazilian psychiatrists in international journals.Despite all cuts in funding for Brazilian science during the last decades, all of the articles in oursample originated in public universities, and only 10 universities were responsible for ∼70% of thepublications by Brazilian psychiatrists in our survey period. We conclude that Brazilianpsychiatric research is a subject worthy of particular concern, especially if we take into accountthe country's modest scientific performance and the socio-economic consequences of mentaldisorders in the Brazilian population.

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  • Jacqueline Leta & Raphael Jacques & Ivan Figueira & Leopoldo De Meis, 2001. "Central international visibility of Brazilian psychiatric publications from 1981 to 1995," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 50(2), pages 241-254, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:50:y:2001:i:2:d:10.1023_a:1010569522632
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1010569522632
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    1. Renata R. Gonçalves & Christian Kieling & Rodrigo A. Bressan & Jair J. Mari & Luis A. Rohde, 2009. "The evaluation of scientific productivity in Brazil: An assessment of the mental health field," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 80(2), pages 529-537, August.
    2. Ivan Figueira & Raphael Jacques & Jacqueline Leta, 2003. "A comparison between domestic and international publications in Brazilian psychiatry," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 56(3), pages 317-327, March.
    3. Mauro Vitor Mendlowicz & Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho & Jerson Laks & Leonardo Franklin Fontenelle & Alexandre Martins Valença & William Berger & Ivan Figueira & Gláucia Azambuja Aguiar, 2011. "Is there a ‘gender gap’ in authorship of the main Brazilian psychiatric journals at the beginning of the 21st century?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 86(1), pages 27-37, January.
    4. Jacques Wainer & Eduardo C. Xavier & Fabio Bezerra, 2009. "Scientific production in Computer Science: A comparative study of Brazil and other countries," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 81(2), pages 535-547, November.
    5. V. M. Stefenon & L. F. W. Roesch & A. B. Pereira, 2013. "Thirty years of Brazilian research in Antarctica: ups, downs and perspectives," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 95(1), pages 325-331, April.

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