A democratização do conhecimento médico e seus desafios

Comparison of the citation characteristics between the case reports/cases series versus other study designs in the articles published in brazilian journals of Ophthalmology

“…Studies published in scientific journals have always been the main source used by professionals to update their medical knowledge; however, before the popularisation of the Internet, the major scientific journals were available only to subscribers or those with access to institutional libraries. Nowadays the Internet provides access at least to the abstract of any article published in major journals worldwide 14,15 .…”

“…If these articles are the most important to the reader, then they should gain more space in scientific journals. A journal benefits from the number of citations an article generates in other journals [14][15][16][17][18] . As a positive side effect, preferential publication of original articles will increase the impact factor of a journal, attracting the best authors and articles and thus creating a virtuous cycle.…”

“Scientific evidence” can suffer from methodological biases: Outside the scientific scene, criteria need to be well-defined to determine what is scientifically confirmed

“…The clinical relevance of a research result is initially analyzed, in a subjective way, by the author (who may be influenced by interpretation bias) and, later, by the medical community, according to their values and perceptions. 4 This is also, why an article, which represents only a “brick”, is not enough to support clinical practice.…”

Is there a benefit in maintaining printed and online versions of scientific journals? ABO is going 100

“…Researchers and academics do not consult "journals", but articles in the "cloud", through keywords. They select several publications on the topic of interest, critically analyze the scientific methodologies used in the research, establish the value of each article, and, finally, connect the information to add new elements to their knowledge (1) .…”