Scientific Production about the Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy

Abstract

Objective To identify the elite of authors about the subject adherence to antiretroviral therapy; to identify the journals turned to publishing articles about adherence to antiretroviral therapy; and to identify and analyze the most commonly used words in abstracts of articles about adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Method A bibliometric study conducted through the Scopus base. We used articles published between 1996 and 2014, after application of the eligibility criteria, there were composed the sample with 24 articles. The data were analyzed descriptively. Were used the laws of bibliometric (Lotka, Bradford and Zipf) and the conceptual cloud map of words, through the program Cmap tools. Results Lotka’s Law identified the 5 authors more productive (46% of the total published). Bradford is impaired in this study. Concerning Zipf, 3 zones were determined, 31.47% of the words with in the first zone, 26.46% in the second and 42.06% in the third. In the conceptual map, the words/factors that positively and negatively influence adherence were emphasized, among them the need for more research in the health services. Conclusion There are few publications about the accession to antiretroviral therapy, and the scientific production is in the process of maturation. One can infer that the theme researched is not yet an obsolete topic. It should be noted that the Bibliometric was a relevant statistic tool to generate information about the publications about the antiretroviral therapy.

Behavior of scientific production on severe acute respiratory syndrome

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“…Applying the Bradford's Law to verify the behavior of the distribution/dispersion of journals, in Table 3, it was possible to identify, from the Bradford Multiplier (Bm), a constant, since the variation between the Bm of the Zones remained within the allowed oscillation [5][6][7][8][9] 0.7, demonstrating a distribution very close to the ideal (I:n:n 2 ), as determined by the Law. The Nucleus comprised 15 periodicals, being these the most devoted to the subject [9][10].…”

“…Bibliometric research, which includes the application of statistics to bibliography, has three classically recognized laws: Bradford's Law, Lotka's Law and Zipf's Law [6][7]. The bibliometric studies are based on a set of laws and empirical principles from information science, whose objective is to investigate the quantitative aspects of the production, dissemination and use of available and recorded information, thus contributing to the evaluation of the current state of science, as well as the management of research [6][7][8].…”