Abstract
Objective: To analyze the bibliometric profile of articles published in the Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada (PBOCI). Material and Methods: In this documental study, two trained examiners independently assessed the abstracts of all articles published between 2007 and 2017. Articles were categorized according to the study design, dental specialty and institutional affiliation of the main author. The full article was read whenever the abstract did not allow its classification. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the absolute and relative frequencies. Results: In total, 670 articles were identified, with predominance of publications in the areas of Pediatric Dentistry (33.3%), Community Health (18.7%) and Restorative Dentistry (12.2%). The most used designs were cross-sectional (58.3%), especially in the areas of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Health; and laboratory studies (25.7%), mainly in the areas of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics. The Brazilian universities that most published in the Journal were the Federal University of Paraiba (9.7%), followed by the State University of Sao Paulo (6.4%) and University of Sao Paulo (6%), characterizing predominance of the Southeastern and Northeastern regions. The publications of authors with international affiliation represented 9.1%. The distribution among nations reveals studies from countries such as India (34.5%), Nigeria (14.8%), Bosnia (11.5%) and Iran (8.2%). Conclusion: PBOCI has provided Brazilian and foreign researchers the opportunity to disseminate studies in all areas of Dentistry, but studies in the fields of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Health are predominant. The most frequent designs were cross-sectional and laboratorial, and in relation to foreign participation, there is predominance of research from countries such as India, Nigeria and Bosnia.
Highlights
The search for the best scientific evidence in clinical decision making in dentistry has been gaining attention in recent years
Objective: To analyze the bibliometric profile of articles published in the Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada (PBOCI)
The Brazilian universities that most published in the Journal were the Federal University of Paraíba (9.7%), followed by the State University of São Paulo (6.4%) and University of São Paulo (6%), characterizing predominance of the Southeastern and Northeastern regions
Summary
The search for the best scientific evidence in clinical decision making in dentistry has been gaining attention in recent years. Scientific journals have increasingly sought greater visibility of their publications with an emphasis on the indexing process [1]. In this sense, Journals undergo merit evaluations, scoring aspects such as regularity of publications, quality of information, language of publication, composition of the editorial body and institution of origin of authors, among others. According to the 2013-2016 quadrennial report of Graduate Programs of Brazil conducted by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) [2], the area of Dentistry has increased in a considerable and consistent way the intellectual production, emphasizing that all subareas had at least one Journal classified as "A". Brazilian Dentistry has been prominent in intellectual production with a clearly differentiated growth curve, even among countries with long tradition of health research [2]
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