Communication flow of scientific information has been restructured with the development of new technologies and the Internet and their impact on social relations worldwide. The production of scientific knowledge has also been influenced by these cultural, social and economic changes and has contributed to new patterns of scientific communication. The objective of the study was to present the traditional scientific communication model and its evolution to electronic scientific communication stimulated by the use of electronic media and Internet and networking. While the traditional model is based on printed publications, the new one focuses on electronic publishing and open unlimited access to published literature. The challenges faced are in using all the potential of electronic media for improving traditional communication flow of scientific information and defining policies to support the new model of scientific communication to ensure quality, preservation and dissemination of information as a common good.
Purpose: To analyze the instructions for authors of Brazilian scientific journals in the surgery field, in order to describe the present situation, as well to make recommendations for editors and authors. Methods: Instruction for authors of 20 journals were analyzed and classified following Vancouver requirements. Instructions were taken from SciELO, from the journals' homepage, or from the last printed issue available in BIREME's collection. Results were descriptively analyzed, considering the frequency of each variable. Results: 75% of the journals recommended ICMJE Uniform Requirements, although not always the newest version was indicated; 90% of the journals mentioned ethical research principles, 80% the peer-review process and 70% the conflict of interests and the author rights transfer agreement. Foreign languages frequently accepted were English (80%) and Spanish (30%). All journals publish original papers, followed by reviews (90%), case reports (80%), letters to the editor (70%), and clinical updates or continuing education (55%). The nomenclature for the sections varied among journals. Conclusion: Even though publishing freedom and independence of each publisher must be respected, there are internationally accepted criteria that must be observed. The current trends, towards the prioritization of open access electronic journals, will lead to important changes in the process of publishing scientific journals.
INTRODUCTION: The present study was motivated by the need to systematically assess the research productivity of the Heart Institute (InCor), Medical School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. OBJECTIVE: To explore methodology for the assessment of institutional scientific research productivity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bibliometric indicators based on searches for author affiliation of original scientific articles or reviews published in journals indexed in the databases Web of Science, MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS and SciELO from January 2000 to December 2003 were used in this study. The retrieved records were analyzed according to the index parameters of the journals and modes of access. The number of citations was used to calculate the institutional impact factor. RESULTS: Out of 1253 records retrieved from the five databases, 604 original articles and reviews were analyzed; of these, 246 (41%) articles were published in national journals and 221 (90%) of those were in journals with free online access through SciELO or their own websites. Of the 358 articles published in international journals, 333 (93%) had controlled online access and 223 (67%) were available through the Capes Portal of Journals. The average impact of each article for InCor was 2.224 in the period studied. CONCLUSION: A simple and practical methodology to evaluate the scientific production of health research institutions includes searches in the LILACS database for national journals and in MEDLINE and the Web of Science for international journals. The institutional impact factor of articles indexed in the Web of Science may serve as a measure by which to assess and review the scientific productivity of a research institution
This study explores the distribution of international, regional and national scientific output in health information and communication, indexed in the MEDLINE and LILACS databases, between 1996 and 2005. A selection of articles was based on the hierarchical structure of Information Science in MeSH vocabulary. Four specific domains were determined: health information, medical informatics, scientific communications on healthcare and healthcare communications. The variables analyzed were: most-covered subjects and journals, author affiliation and publication countries and languages, in both databases. The Information Science category is represented in nearly 5% of MEDLINE and LILACS articles. The four domains under analysis showed a relative annual increase in MEDLINE. The Medical Informatics domain showed the highest number of records in MEDLINE, representing about half of all indexed articles. The importance of Information Science as a whole is more visible in publications from developed countries and the findings indicate the predominance of the United States, with significant growth in scientific output from China and South Korea and, to a lesser extent, Brazil.
IntroduçãoA Biblioteca Científica Eletrônica em Linha -SciELO (em inglês, Scientific Electronic Library Online) é uma biblioteca eletrônica que abrange uma coleção selecionada de periódicos científicos ibero-americanos. A SciELO é o resultado de uma parceria entre a FAPESP -Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo e a BIREMECentro Latino-Americano e do Caribe uma metodologia comum para a preparação, armazenamento, disseminação e avaliação da produção científica em formato eletrônico. Dentre seus objetivos específicos estão a produção de indicadores bibliométricos e de uso das revistas da coleção para a gestão do fluxo da comunicação científica nesses países. A SciELO permite a consulta às revistas em três módulos: i) "periódicos", que permite acesso às revistas em ordem alfabética, por assunto ou pesquisa de título, como se fosse uma biblioteca; ii) "artigos", que permite consulta aos artigos pelos índices de autor, assunto ou todos os campos; iii) "relatórios", que permite consultar relatórios de utilização do site e das coleções de revistas e relatórios de citações e co-autoria. O módulo de relatórios apresenta os indicadores bibliométricos e de uso das revistas científicas, que podem ser usados pelos editores científicos na gestão das revistas, pelos gestores de ciência & tecnologia e pesquisadores para estudos sobre áreas temáticas específicas e pelos leitores para análise e seleção das revistas onde publicarão seus trabalhos. Contudo, como a apresentação desses dados numéricos na SciELO não inclui explicações sobre a metodologia de cálculo e significado de cada indicador, torna-se difícil a sua interpretação para os que não são estudiosos da cienciometria e bibliometria, que é o caso da maioria dos editores e da comunidade científica em geral. No módulo de "relatórios" os indicadores estão disponíveis para toda a coleção de revistas, e é permitida a consulta a uma ou várias revistas e a um período de anos de publicação. A consulta simultânea a várias coleções é útil para mostrar tendências específicas de uma determinada área temática ou de um grupo de revistas. Nos sites individuais das revistas na SciELO, os indicadores específicos de cada título aparecem na seção "estatísticas". O objetivo deste artigo é coletar e interpretar os indicadores bibliométricos e de uso das revistas científicas, disponíveis na seção "estatísticas" dos sites da coleção SciELO Brasil, tomando como exemplo a revista Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira. MétodosPara a análise dos indicadores de uso e citações disponíveis, foi consultada a seção "estatísticas" da revista Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, disponível na SciELO Brasil (www.scielo.br/acb), na versão em português. O período analisado foi de fevereiro de 1998 a dezembro de 2005. Não foram incluídos os indicadores de 2006, por não representar ainda um ano completo. Para cada indicador foram pesquisados os conceitos na literatura e foi discutida a sua utilidade na gestão do fluxo da revista ou da comunicação científica em geral. Os indicadores disponíveis nos sites de cada revist...
INTRODUCTION: Publishing research results as journal articles is the most common format used by researchers for dissemination of advancements in science. To select where to publish, authors must know how to identify the most recognized journals in each field, adopting quality criteria. PURPOSE: To discuss journal selection criteria and bibliometric indicators for evaluation of scientific production and to analyze the status of indexing of Brazilian and international journals in health science databases, mainly for journals in surgery and gastroenterology fields. RESULTS: The totals of journals indexed in health science databases are presented, highlighting the relative participation of journals in surgery and gastroenterology in each database. CONCLUSION: The decision to publish in a national or international journal should be based on bibliometric indicators and status of indexing in databases, but the objectives of the research must be the main point considered by authors.
This document discusses the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and of the World Health Organization for clinical trials registering. The consequences for scientific publications and the role of BIREME for joining Latin America and Caribbean countries in these initiatives are discussed. The International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) coordinated by WHO as well as the existent initiatives are described, highlighting those from Latin America and the Caribbean.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
334 Leonard St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.