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

Abstract

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.

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

“…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] .…”

Evaluation of Brazilian women’s participation in the CNPQ in the field of medical research

“…There are structural factors that may be behind gender productivity differences such as the fact that women are heavily represented in lower academic positions and in temporary contract work positions which entail a higher teaching load, less access to funding and fewer prospects, career paths and research opportunities. As expected, in Brazil the state of affairs is quite similar, and women account for a lower proportion in the higher academic positions, that is, positions associated with higher income and higher academic prestige 4 .…”

“…This fact influenced the country's position in the world ranking in the number of publications in journals indexed in the Scopus database 2 . However, in general, the participation of women in scientific activities is still limited 4,5 . There is a lack of studies conducted in Brazil that evaluate the participation of women in science, particularly in the medical field.…”

“…There is a lack of studies conducted in Brazil that evaluate the participation of women in science, particularly in the medical field. An important field of study has been the researchers with a research productivity (PQ) grant from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 4 .…”

“…Several studies have examined the profile and the scientific production of CNPq researchers in various areas of knowledge, including pharmacy 6 , chemistry 7 , neurosciences 8,9 , cardiology 10 and nephrology 4 . Accordingly, the objective of this study was to evaluate technical and scientific indicators, in addition to the training of human resources, of women CNPq PQ researchers, in the area of Medicine.…”