Produção intelectual em saúde coletiva: epistemologia e evidências de diferentes tradições
Produção intelectual em saúde coletiva: epistemologia e evidências de diferentes tradições
Data
2010
Autores
Camargo Jr, Kenneth Rochel de
Coeli, Claudia Medina
Caetano, Rosângela
Maia, Vanessa Rangel
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Publisher
Revista de Saúde Pública
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OBJETIVO: Avaliar as diferenças nos padrões da produção científica brasileira
publicada nas revistas que concentram a maior produção dos programas de
pós-graduação brasileiros da área de saúde coletiva.
MÉTODOS: Com base na distinção proposta por Kuhn entre ciência
paradigmática e não-paradigmática, foi avaliada a publicação de artigos do
triênio 2004–2006 nas principais revistas da área da saúde coletiva, relacionada
às respectivas subáreas, e número de autores por artigo. Os dados foram
coletados na base LILACS e classificados independentemente pelos autores
nas subáreas tradicionais da saúde coletiva.
RESULTADOS: Artigos de múltipla autoria foram muito mais freqüentes entre
os classificados na subárea de epidemiologia, enquanto os de autoria única
foram mais freqüentes nas áreas de ciências sociais e humanas em saúde.
Houve diferença na freqüência de publicação de artigos desses tipos em revistas
diversas, sendo o total de artigos de epidemiologia superior à soma dos totais
das outras duas subáreas.
CONCLUSÕES: Os diferentes padrões de autoria encontrados têm implicações
importantes para os processos avaliativos de programas e de pesquisadores,
que não podem ser ignoradas, sob pena de ameaçarem a manutenção a longo
prazo do perfil multidisciplinar que tem caracterizado a saúde coletiva no
Brasil ao longo de três décadas.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the differences in the patterns of Brazilian scientific production, published in journals that concentrate the largest production from Brazilian postgraduate programs in the area of collective health. METHODS: Based on the distinction between paradigmatic and non- paradigmatic science proposed by Kuhn, the publication of articles in the main collective health journals, related to the respective sub-areas and number of authors per article, was evaluated in the three-year period between 2004 and 2006. Data were collected from the LILACS database and independently categorized by authors into the traditional sub-areas of collective health. RESULTS: Multiple-authored articles were much more frequent among those categorized into the sub-area of epidemiology, whereas single-authored articles were more frequent in the areas of social sciences and humanities in health. In addition, there was a difference in the frequency of publication of these types of articles in various journals, with the total number of articles on epidemiology being higher than the sum of all articles from the other two sub-areas. CONCLUSIONS: The different patterns of authorship found have important implications for the processes that evaluate programs and researchers. This cannot be dismissed, otherwise the long-term sustainability of the multidisciplinary profile, which has characterized collective health in Brazil throughout three decades, will be threatened.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the differences in the patterns of Brazilian scientific production, published in journals that concentrate the largest production from Brazilian postgraduate programs in the area of collective health. METHODS: Based on the distinction between paradigmatic and non- paradigmatic science proposed by Kuhn, the publication of articles in the main collective health journals, related to the respective sub-areas and number of authors per article, was evaluated in the three-year period between 2004 and 2006. Data were collected from the LILACS database and independently categorized by authors into the traditional sub-areas of collective health. RESULTS: Multiple-authored articles were much more frequent among those categorized into the sub-area of epidemiology, whereas single-authored articles were more frequent in the areas of social sciences and humanities in health. In addition, there was a difference in the frequency of publication of these types of articles in various journals, with the total number of articles on epidemiology being higher than the sum of all articles from the other two sub-areas. CONCLUSIONS: The different patterns of authorship found have important implications for the processes that evaluate programs and researchers. This cannot be dismissed, otherwise the long-term sustainability of the multidisciplinary profile, which has characterized collective health in Brazil throughout three decades, will be threatened.
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Saúde Pública, Pesquisa, Pesquisadores, Indicadores de Produção Científica, Conhecimento, Saúde Coletiva, Public Health, Research, Research Personnel, Scientific Publication Indicators, Knowledge, Collective Health
Citação
Camargo KR Jr, Coeli CM, Caetano R, Maia VR. Intellectual production in collective health: epistemology and evidence from different traditions. Rev Saude Publica. 2010 Jun;44(3):394-8. doi: 10.1590/s0034-89102010005000008.