A RBO na era da informação digital

Portes, Arlindo José Freire

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“…However, the intention of the Brazilian edi tors should be that national scientific journals remain alive and active, seeking to stimulate and encourage doctors to improve their publications (15)(16)(17) . Considering that what may promote a journal is the number of citations generated, and for this to occur, besides the quality of the research published therein, is its visibility, we must bow to the global trend that English is the official language of international conferences, publications and communications in general (3) .…”

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Influence of English language in the number of citations of articles published in Brazilian journals of Ophthalmology

Lira¹,

Vieira²,

Gonçalves³

et al. 2013

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.

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Purpose: To determine the association between language and number of citations of ophthalmology articles published in Brazilian journals. Methods: This study was a systematic review. Original articles were identified by review of documents published at the two Brazilian ophthalmology journals indexed at Science Citation Index Expanded -SCIE ["Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia (ABO)" and "Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (RBO)"]. All document types ("articles" and "reviews") listed at SCIE in English (English Group) or in Portuguese (Portuguese Group) from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009 were included, except: "editorial materials"; "corrections"; "letters"; and "biographical items". The primary outcome was the number of citations through the end of second year after publication date. Subgroup analysis included likelihood of citation (cited at least once versus no citation), journal, and year of publication. Conclusion:The number of citations of articles published in Portuguese at Brazi lian ophthalmology journals is lower than the published in English. The results of this study suggest that the editorial boards should strongly encourage the authors to adopt English as the main language in their future articles.

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Influence of English language in the number of citations of articles published in Brazilian journals of Ophthalmology

Lira¹,

Vieira²,

Gonçalves³

et al. 2013

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.

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“…Knowledge spreading extended at no cost is a constant reivindication from researchers and scholars and which has been respected by the main national scientific journals. Also in 2007, the Journal had another important indexation as well, on ISI -Thomson Reuters database, allowing the disclosure of its content throughout the world (2)(3)(4) .…”

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A democratização do conhecimento médico e seus desafios

Kara-Júnior¹

2013

Rev. bras.oftalmol.

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“…Today, the less expensive, easy and trustful way of acquiring medical knowledge is through literature review in electronic data banks, which are available on the internet. Accordingly, a minimum knowledge on behalf of the reader is necessary to critically evaluate scientific articles and not to have his clinical practice based on information which cannot stand for the truth (1,2) . Although journals with a high "impact factor" submit the studies they receive to the analysis of competent reviewers (peer reviews), there is no guarantee that all articles published in these journals are of good quality and, in the same way, it is possible to have good studies published in journals of low "impact factor" (3)(4)(5).…”

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O valor da análise crítica da literatura para a atualização médica continuada

Kara-Júnior¹

2013

Rev. bras.oftalmol.

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Continuing medical updating is crucial for the safety and good quality of medical practice. Today, the less expensive, easy and trustful way of acquiring medical knowledge is through literature review in electronic data banks, which are available on the internet. Accordingly, a minimum knowledge on behalf of the reader is necessary to critically evaluate scientific articles and not to have his clinical practice based on information which cannot stand for the truth (1,2) . Although journals with a high "impact factor" submit the studies they receive to the analysis of competent reviewers (peer reviews), there is no guarantee that all articles published in these journals are of good quality and, in the same way, it is possible to have good studies published in journals of low "impact factor" (3)(4)(5). It is also important to know that publications do not always accuretly express the scientific truth. There are levels of study values, for instance a retrospective study is less trustful than a randomized clinical trial, that has a lower scientific value than a meta-analysis, that, in other words, is the type of publication in which the results are closer to the scientific truth of that moment, because the way the hypothesis was tested is more precise and had, in theory, less influence of other factors which could deceive the data. Thus, we have to measure the value of the published information, considering the design of each study (6) . It is important to also consider the value of the article, which is the degree of conformity with truth. The External Value refers to the possibility of applying the results in different realities (generalization). For example, an article that identifies the barriers for access to cataract surgery in a public hospital of northeast Brazil may not be totally valid to the reality of southeast or to a private clinic where the difficulties of access are possibly others. The Internal Value indicates the level in which the results of the research reflect the truth, or better, how much we can trust on the data. The Internal Value is related to the employed methodology which allow us to measure the possibility of the results being biased.Thus, the most important part of the publication that has to be carefully analysed is the description of the employed methodology for obtaining the data. It is on this item that one has to consider the issues which could deceive the results. Methodological errors are called Biases and their identification reflect how much one can trust the results of the study. The Bias can be understood as an error that does not take us to a true and biased conclusion and can also be random or systematic. In research, statistical tests detect the casualty action (random error), but not the systematic error (systematic distortion between the measure of a variable and its real value).Random Bias represent, in general, individual features of the population they are studying, features that are not controlled by the researcher and which could influence the results of the survey....

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A RBO na era da informação digital

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Influence of English language in the number of citations of articles published in Brazilian journals of Ophthalmology

Influence of English language in the number of citations of articles published in Brazilian journals of Ophthalmology

A democratização do conhecimento médico e seus desafios

O valor da análise crítica da literatura para a atualização médica continuada

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