Is there a correlation between journal impact factor and researchers’ performance? A study comprising the fields of clinical nephrology and neurosciences

Oliveira, Eduardo A.; Peicots-Filho, Roberto; Martelli, Daniella Reis Barbosa; Quirino, Isabel Gomes; Oliveira, M. C.; Duarte, Mariana Guerra; Pinheiro, Sérgio Veloso Brant; Colosimo, Enrico A.; Silva, Ana Cristina Simões e; Martelli‐Júnior, Hercílio

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“…These results are observed throughout the careers, as well as in the last five-year period. These data are similar to those observed for other medical specialties, according to our group' s preliminary results 5,12,13 . This quantitative increment in scientific production possibly reflects the several fostering mechanisms implemented by the various national research support agencies [14][15][16][17][18] .…”

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Scientific Production of Researchers from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in the Neuroscience area

Dias

Martelli

Costa

et al. 2020

Rev. bras. educ. med.

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Introduction: The aim of this study was to describe the profile and scientific production of research fellows of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in the neuroscience area. Methods: We created a database containing 542 researchers who were CNPq fellows in Medicine, of which 94 (17.34%) worked mainly in the neuroscience area. Results: The researchers were distributed in eight Brazilian States: São Paulo (n=49; 52.12%), Rio Grande do Sul (n=22; 23.40%), Rio de Janeiro (n=9; 9.57%), Minas Gerais (n=5; 5.31%), Ceará (n=4; 4.25%), Santa Catarina (n=3; 3.19%), Espirito Santo (n=1; 1.06) and Paraná (n=1, 1.06%). Although the neuroscience researchers were from more than 20 institutions, 58.5% worked in only 3 of those, namely USP (n=30), UFRGS (n=15) and UNIFESP (n=10). The median time since obtaining the PhD degree was 18.27 years (range, 5-39). Throughout their academic careers, 94 researchers published 16,488 papers in scientific journals, with an average of 175.40 articles per researcher (ranging from 43 to 715 articles). Of the 16,488 articles,12,801 or 77.63% were indexed at Web of Science (mean of 136.18 articles/researcher), while 10,166 or 61.65% were indexed at Scopus database (mean of 108.14 articles/researcher). Overall, those researchers advised 1,279 undergraduate students (median of 13.60; range: 0-68), of which 1,329 were master’s degree students (median of 14.13; range: 1-49) and 970 PhD students (median of 10.54; range: 0-42). The fellows’ median H-index at ISI was 23.75. Conclusion: It is observed that the neuroscience fellows constitute a group with significant scientific production (the fellows’ median H-index at ISI was 23.75). Most of these scientific publications were indexed at the Web of Science (77.63%) and Scopus (61.65%) databases. Human resources training are also highlighted, including undergraduate students, master’s degree students and PhD students. Comparative studies with researchers from other countries, in similar areas of knowledge, are necessary to better understand the present results.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Scientific Production of Researchers from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in the Neuroscience area

Dias

Martelli

Costa

et al. 2020

Rev. bras. educ. med.

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“…Among the 76512 articles published by the Medicine CNPq researchers, 36584 (47.8%) were indexed in the WoS database. Another point to be emphasized is the increment of the scientific output over the last 5 years, a fact that has also been observed in other areas of knowledge [29][30][31]40 . CNPq researchers in Medicine had an increase of about 50% in the number of published articles, in comparison to the annual output across the career over the last 5 years.…”

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Profile and scientific output of researchers recipients of CNPq productivity grant in the field of medicine

Martelli

Oliveira

Pinheiro

et al. 2019

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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SUMMARY BACKGROUND. This study aimed to evaluate the scientific production of researchers in the field of Medicine who receive a productivity grant from the CNPq. METHODS: The curriculum Lattes of 542 researchers with active grants from 2012 to 2014 were included in the analysis. Grants categories/levels were stratified into three groups according to the CNPq database (1A-B, 1C-D, and 2). RESULTS. There was a predominance of grants in category 2. During their academic career, Medicine researchers published 76512 articles, with a median of 119 articles per researcher (IQ, interquartile range, 77 to 174). Among the 76512 articles, 36584 (47.8%) were indexed in the Web of Science (WoS database). Researchers in Medicine were cited 643159 times in the WoS database, with a median of 754 citations (IQ, 356 to 1447). There were significant differences among the categories of grants concerning the number of citations in WoS (P <0.001). There was a significant difference in the number of times researchers were cited according to the specialty included in Medicine area. (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION. Strategies to improve the scientific output qualitatively possibly can be enhanced by the knowledge of the profile of researchers in the field of Medicine.

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“…Despite its importance, and even though some writing-related training across the curriculum at student level exists [4,20,21], training scientists in publishing their research findings is not an elemental part of chemical engineering education [19]. Post-doctoral researchers are expected to have already obtained the skills required for producing high quality publications during their postgraduate education or to have learnt by osmosis; for instance, through reading published manuscripts from fellow researchers, a tactic that might be highly ineffective and time consuming, and can lead to failed attempts to publish [22].…”

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“…Therefore, understanding the specific requirements, including language and presentation issues, of journal writing is of utmost importance for every researcher [5]. Complying with stylistic requirements of the target journal would contribute to making a paper a good read, hence enhancing the potential of publication (by reducing editor's time) and increasing its citability potential [19].Despite its importance, and even though some writing-related training across the curriculum at student level exists [4,20,21], training scientists in publishing their research findings is not an elemental part of chemical engineering education [19]. Post-doctoral researchers are expected to have already obtained the skills required for producing high quality publications during their postgraduate education or to have learnt by osmosis; for instance, through reading published manuscripts from fellow researchers, a tactic that might be highly ineffective and time consuming, and can lead to failed attempts to publish [22].…”

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An Exploration of the Sub-Register of Chemical Engineering Research Papers Published in English

Zacharof

Charalambidou

2018

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Abstract:The increased pressures for high-volume, high-impact publications in English language and the high rejection rates of submitted manuscripts for publications present an often unsurpassable obstacle for (early career) researchers. At the same time, register variation of peer-reviewed journals-that can contribute to whether a paper is accepted for publication-has received little attention. This paper redresses this gap, by investigating the register (especially discourse moves and lexical choices) in 60 published, original-research articles on wastewater treatment published in four Chemical Engineering journals, with impact factor (IF) above 2. Our survey shows that chemical engineering research publications tend to comply with a set of requirements: multidisciplinarity, brevity, co-authorship, focus on the description of practical results (rather than methods), and awareness of non-specialised audiences. Lexical choices were analysed through frequency tables, phrase nets and word trees produced by data visualisation software (ManyEyes). It was found that less discipline-specific vocabulary is used in higher IF journals and this is interpreted within the current context of manuscript publication and consumption. This study concludes that data visualisation can provide an efficient and effective tool for prospective authors that wish to gauge telling details of the sub-register of a specific journal.Keywords: chemical engineering; journal publications; lexical choices; word tree; phrase net; impact factor IntroductionChemical engineering science is a versatile, multifaceted field integrating physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry. Chemical engineers are employed both in the academic world and in a range of industries, from pharmaceutical and cosmetics fabrications, to hydrocarbons, food production and processing, and environmental pollution. In academia, in particular, the research activity occurring has factual outputs (such as communications of various character and nature) that are quantifiable; for instance, patents, presentations databases, protocols and publications [1]. Researchers, often non-native speakers, are expected to gather and produce information, process and evaluate it, and communicate it in a concise form [2,3]. The prevailing form of communication-and documentation-of research is scientific journal publication, and publishing in co-authorising teams is now the dominant modus operandi [1,4]. Researchers and scientists are under constant pressure to publish their results [5], as this would enhance their employment prospects and career development, their funding and consultancy prospects and their professional reputation [6,7]. Chemical engineering researchers are further challenged by the multifaceted nature of their discipline, since they are called to communicate their findings to a wider audience of fellow scientists, both during a manuscript's writing process and Although the acceptance of a manuscript for publication is an achievement, only high-quality publications in high-ranki...

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Is there a correlation between journal impact factor and researchers’ performance? A study comprising the fields of clinical nephrology and neurosciences

Cited by 11 publications

References 39 publications

Scientific Production of Researchers from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in the Neuroscience area

Scientific Production of Researchers from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in the Neuroscience area

Profile and scientific output of researchers recipients of CNPq productivity grant in the field of medicine

An Exploration of the Sub-Register of Chemical Engineering Research Papers Published in English

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