Today, the quality of a scientific article depends on the periodical in which it is published and
on the number of times the article is cited in the literature. In Brazil, the criteria for the …

The challenge of increasing the impact of regional journals has received much attention.
While funding and research agencies require the acceptance of papers from foreign authors …

Methods A database with all the authors publishing in Acta Medica Portuguesa in 2008 was
built. In July 2009, production of all those authors from the previous five years (2003-2007) …

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Impact factors are currently the bibliometric index most used
for evaluating scientific journals. However, the way in which they are used, for instance …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the most-cited articles in public health scientific
journals edited in Brazil. METHODS Articles published between 2008 and 2010 by public …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To recognize the characteristics and path taken by the through
analysis of the scientific production it has published over the period from 1967 to 2005 …

Brazilian scientific community is highly influenced by the impact factor rates of the journals
where their production is published. There is an indicator that is used and accepted, in …

During the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of Brazilian
publications in cardiology and cardiovascular sciences in important international citation …

To determine the features of papers, authors, and citation of eleven journals in tropical
medicine indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded, the database of the Institute for …

abstract This report presents a set of bibliometric indicators and statistics which explain the
high level of production of articles on research in public and collective health in Brazil which …