Martelli-Junior Hercílio, Martelli Daniella Reis Barbosa, Quirino Isabel Gomes, Oliveira Maria Christina Lopes Araujo, Lima Leonardo Santos, Oliveira Eduardo Araujo de
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2010 Jul-Aug;56(4):478-83. doi: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000400024.
To assess the profile and scientific output of medical researchers supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) grants.
Data were extracted from the Lattes curricula of 411 medical researchers with active grants for the 2006–2008 period. The variables of interest were gender, institutional affiliation, scientific output, and advisership of undergraduate research fellows and master’s and doctoral candidates.
Researchers were predominantly male (68%) and recipients of category 2 grants (55.7%). Four Brazilian states (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, and Minas Gerais) accounted for 90% of all researchers. Eight institutions accounted for roughly 80% of researchers in the sample, particularly USP (30.7%) and UNIFESP (17%). The study identified 30 areas of expertise for researchers. Median scientific output was 4.13 published articles per year (interquartile range, IQ, 2.9–5.8), or 2.23 per year (IQ, 1.4–3.2) after adjusting for articles published in Web of Science-indexed journals. The most productive areas in terms of indexed articles were Neuroscience (3.16 articles/year; IQ, 1.8–4.7) and Psychiatry (2.92; IQ, 1.73–4.5).
Medical researchers are concentrated in the Southeast region of Brazil. The scientific output of most Brazilian researchers has increased over the past five years. An understanding of the profile of medical researchers in the country may aid development of effective strategies for qualitative improvement of scientific output.
评估由巴西国家科学技术发展委员会（CNPq）资助的医学研究人员的概况和科研产出。
从411名在2006 - 2008年期间获得有效资助的医学研究人员的Lattes课程中提取数据。感兴趣的变量包括性别、机构隶属关系、科研产出以及本科研究员、硕士和博士研究生的导师情况。
研究人员以男性为主（68%），且大多获得2类资助（55.7%）。巴西四个州（圣保罗、里约热内卢、南里奥格兰德和米纳斯吉拉斯）占所有研究人员的90%。八所机构占样本中研究人员的约80%，尤其是圣保罗大学（USP，占30.7%）和圣保罗联邦大学（UNIFESP，占17%）。该研究确定了研究人员的30个专业领域。科研产出中位数为每年发表4.13篇文章（四分位间距，IQ，2.9 - 5.8），在对发表于科学引文索引（Web of Science）收录期刊的文章进行调整后，为每年2.23篇（IQ，1.4 - 3.2）。就索引文章而言，产出最高的领域是神经科学（每年3.16篇文章；IQ，1.8 - 4.7）和精神病学（2.92篇；IQ，1.73 - 4.5）。
医学研究人员集中在巴西东南部地区。在过去五年中，大多数巴西研究人员的科研产出有所增加。了解该国医学研究人员的概况可能有助于制定提高科研产出质量的有效策略。
