The scientific production of full professors of the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - A view of the period of 2001-2006 - Academic study

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Quantitative and qualitative metrics are used to assess how higher-education institutions disseminate and how peers validate published scientific work. This study evaluates the scientific output of tenured faculty at Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, covering 2001–2006. Medline/PubMed data were analyzed using journal Impact Factors and citation counts from Web of Science/ISI Thomson, focusing on 66 full professors across 630 journals.

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CLINICS 2009;64(9):903-9 BASIC RESEARCH THE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION OF FULL PROFESSORS OFTHE FACULDADE DE MEDICINADA UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO: A VIEW OF THE PERIOD OF 2001-2006 Suely Campos Cardoso,IGilka Jorge Figaro GattásII doi: 10. 1590/S1807-59322009000900012 Cardoso SC, Gattás GJF. The scienti c production of full professors ofthe Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo: a view of the period of 2001-2006. Clinics. 2009,64(9):903-9 INTRODUCTION: The scienti c production of institutions of higher education, as well as the dissemination and use of this published work by peer institutions, can be assessed by means of quantitative and qualitative measurements. This type of analysis can also serve as the basis of further academic actions. Variables such as the type of evaluation, the number of faculty members and the decision to include or exclude researchers who are not professors are dif cult to measure when comparing different schools and institutions. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the scienti c production of tenured faculty from the Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina performed from 2001 to 2006. METHODS: Medline/PubMed database was considered and the Impact factors (IFs-Journal Citation Report, 2006) and the number of generated citations (Web of Science/ISI Thomson) were also evaluated. RESULTS: The analysis of the scienti c production of 66 full professors (level MS-6) revealed 1,960 scienti c articles published in 630 scienti c journals, of which 31.3% were Brazilian and 68.7% were from international sources. Among these, 47% of the articles were published in 62.9% of the journals with IFs above 10, although 16.4% of the journals did not have assigned IF values. We veri ed that 45% of the published articles received 9,335 citations (average of 11 + 17), with the majority of these (8,968 citations) appearing in international scienti c journals. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that it is possible to analyze the scienti c production of a learning institution by the number of papers published by full professors, taking into account not only their academic position and in􀀞uence, but also the fact that publication is an opportunity to stimulate joint projects with other members of the same institution. KEYWORDS: Scienti c publication indicators; Research personnel/Statistics and numerical data; Medline/utilization; Impact factor; Bibliometric indicators. INTRODUCTION The scientific activity of a group of researchers is manifested through published papers, which are validated and legitimized by their peers. These papers can also serve as I Serviço de Biblioteca e Documentação, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo-São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Departamento de Medicina Legal, Ética Médica e Medicina Social e do Trabalho, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo-São Paulo/ SP, Brazil. Email: [suelycardoso@usp.br](suelycardoso@usp.br) [Tel.: 55 11 3061.7265](Tel.: 55 11 3061.7265) Received for publication on April 23, 2009 Accepted for publication on June 09, 2009 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. indicators of the degree to which their scienti c knowledge in their area of research has been developed. The formal means of releasing scienti c publications, which include the results of research conducted at medical education institutions, is the collection of national and international scienti c journals that have been indexed into databases representing various areas of knowledge.1-4 There are several major international databases that contain publications from scienti c journals in the area of health science:

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What is the study’s main purpose?

To assess the scientific production of tenured faculty from the Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina during 2001 to 2006.

Which databases and metrics were used to evaluate output?

Medline/PubMed was used, along with journal Impact Factors from Journal Citation Reports (2006) and citation counts from Web of Science/ISI Thomson.

What were the key findings regarding publication volume and citations?

The analysis covered 66 full professors and identified 1,960 scientific articles across 630 journals, with 45% of articles receiving 9,335 citations overall.

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