Profile and scientific production of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) researchers in the field of Hematology/Oncology

Abstract

Conflict of interest: noneObjective: several studies have examined the academic production of the researchers at the CNPq, in several areas of knowledge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the scientific production of researchers in Hematology/Oncology who hold scientific productivity grants from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Methods: the Academic CVs of 28 researchers in Hematology/Oncology with active grants in the three-year period from 2006 to 2008 were included in the analysis. The variables of interest were: institution, researchers' time after doctorate, tutoring of undergraduate students, masters and PhD degree, scientific production and its impact. Results: from a total of 411 researchers in Medicine, 28 (7%) were identified as being in the area of Hematology/Oncology. There was a slight predominance of males (53.6%) and grant holders in category 1. Three Brazilian states are responsible for approximately 90% of the researchers: São Paulo (21,75%), Rio de Janeiro (3,11%), and Minas Gerais (2, 7%). During their academic careers, the researchers published 2,655 articles, with a median of 87 articles per researcher (IQR = 52 to 122). 65 and 78% of this total were indexed on the Web of Science and Scopus databases, respectively. The researchers received 14,247 citations on the WoS database with a median of 385 citations per researcher. The average number of citations per article was 8.2. Conclusion: in this investigation, it was noted that researchers in the field of Hematology/Oncology have a relevant scientific output from the point of view of quantity and quality compared to other medical specialties.

Avaliação da Produção Científica em Áreas da Medicina: um Estudo Comparativo

“…Another recent study, involving in Pediatrics, shows the evidence of the density of the researchers group in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, situated in the regions with more social and economic development in the country 13 . We highlight that the geographic concentration of the scientific production is not only a Brazilian peculiarity, on the contrary, it has been shown as an increasingly tendency in the contemporary world 1 .…”

“…In the case of not having this information clearly specified, we analyzed the scientific production of the last five years, been allocated to a knowledge area with greater predominance in the published and/or advised topics [12][13][14][15][16] .…”

“…Starting from the five years of studies mentioned [12][13][14][15][16] , a data bank was built to enable the comparison between the medical fields, holding the following information: gender (male or female), grant category (2, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D), researchers' home institution (geopolitical region, federation unit and by academic institution), time of the doctors degree conclusion, institution of the doctors degree, human resources training and scientific production (scientific articles).…”

“…In Medicine, some studies evaluated the profile of the scientific production of researchers in this area 8,[12][13][14][15][16] . However, the data are still scarce and they need better understating.…”

PROFILE OF CNPq RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY FELLOWS IN SUBFIELDS OF CHEMISTRY

“…Outra área do conhecimento, a Ciências da Saúde, também tem realizado estudos semelhantes a fim de promover o conhecimento do desenvolvimento científico obtido naquela área. [3][4][5][6][7] O estudo de 2010 1 apresentou a produtividade individual dos bolsistas PQ e destacou que alguns indicadores objetivos e quantitativos de produtividade científica deveriam ser analisados com cautela, devido às especificidades das áreas do conhecimento. A partir desta idéia, o estudo atual se propõe avançar na avaliação do perfil de produtividade científica da Química, com uma abordagem que atente às peculiaridades das Subáreas e de suas Especialidades.…”