Abstract
This study aimed at evaluating the profile and scientific production of researchers in Nephrology and Urology, receiving grants in the area of Clinical Medicine from the Brazilian National Research Council. The standardized online curriculum vitae (Curriculum Lattes) of 39 researchers in Medicine receiving grants in the 2006-2008 triennium were included in the analysis. The variables analyzed were: gender, affiliation, time from completion of the PhD program, scientific production, and supervision of undergraduate students, and master's and PhD programs. Males (74.4%) and category 2 grants (56.4%) predominated. The following three Brazilian states are responsible for 90% of the researchers: São Paulo (28; 71.8%); Rio Grande do Sul (4; 10.3%); and Minas Gerais (3; 7.7%). Four institutions are responsible for 70% of the researchers: UNIFESP (14; 36%); USP (8; 20.5%); UFMG (3, 7.7%); and UNICAMP (3; 7.7%). Considering the academic career, the assessed researchers published 3,195 articles in medical journals, with a median of 75 articles per researcher (QI = 52-100). The researchers received a total of 25,923 citations at the database Web of Science®, with a median of 452 citations per researcher (QI = 161-927). The average number of citations per article was 13.8 citations (SD = 11.6). The Southeastern region of Brazil concentrates researchers in Nephrology and Urology. Our study has shown an increase in the scientific production of most researchers in the last five years. By knowing the profile of researchers in Nephrology and Urology, more effective strategies to encourage the scientific production and the demand for resources to finance research projects can be defined.
Highlights
The activity of producing quantitative indicators in science, technology, and innovation has grown strong in Brazil in the past decade with the recognition, by the federal and state governments and the national scientific community, of the need for providing instruments for the definition of guidelines, investment and resource allocation, formulation of programs, and assessment of activities related to scientific and technological development in Brazil.[1]
The findings of this study show that two institutions in the state of São Paulo (UNIFESP and USP) are important centers forming and producing scientific knowledge in Nephrology in our country
The respective values for the 411 researchers in Medicine were 4.13 articles/year, being 2.23/year in the database Web of Science® and 2.90/year in the database Scopus®.8. These data suggest that researchers in Nephrology and Urology are younger when compared with researchers in Medicine as a whole
Summary
The activity of producing quantitative indicators in science, technology, and innovation has grown strong in Brazil in the past decade with the recognition, by the federal and state governments and the national scientific community, of the need for providing instruments for the definition of guidelines, investment and resource allocation, formulation of programs, and assessment of activities related to scientific and technological development in Brazil.[1]. Cnpq.br/), emphasizing that the Brazilian experience with that instrument is a powerful example of good practice, providing high quality information about approximately 1.6 million researchers and 4,000 institutions inside and outside Brazil.[2]. Several studies have assessed the profile and scientific production of researchers of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) in several areas of knowledge.[3,4,5,6,7] Recently, we have assessed the profile of researchers receiving a scientific productivity grant in the area of Medicine, and compared the several research areas.[5,8] in the areas of Nephrology and Urology, information is scarce, not up-to-date, and limited to Latin America as a whole.[9] The present cross-sectional study aimed at describing the demographic characteristics. Academic production of researchers in Medicine receiving CNPq grants, whose major research area is either Nephrology or Urology
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