Teixeira Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz, Mecca Tatiana Pontrelli, Velloso Renata de Lima, Bravo Riviane Borghesi, Ribeiro Sabrina Helena Bandini, Mercadante Marcos Tomanik, Paula Cristiane Silvestre de
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento do Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2010 Sep-Oct;56(5):607-14. doi: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000500026.
This systematic review sought to conduct a general analysis of the Brazilian scientific output on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) published between 2002 and 2009.
A literature search was conducted in the scientific databases PubMed, SciELO, and LILACS and in the CAPES portal, using keywords such as "autism" and "pervasive developmental disorders".
A total of 93 articles were identified, most of which were authored by researchers from Southeast Brazil and affiliated with public universities. Approximately one-third of all articles were published in journals with an impact factor ranging from 0.441 to 3.211; most were based on small sample sizes. Furthermore, 140 theses and dissertations were identified, 82.1% of which were master's theses. Interventions for ASD were the predominant research topic.
Brazilian researchers are clearly interested in the topic of ASD; however, a substantial portion of their scientific output is limited to doctoral dissertations or master's theses. A minority of articles was published in journals with a high impact factor. These findings suggest the need for studies with larger sample sizes, which could produce higher-impact findings and thus increase visibility of the Brazilian scientific output in the field of ASD research.
本系统评价旨在对2002年至2009年间发表的关于自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的巴西科学产出进行综合分析。
在科学数据库PubMed、SciELO和LILACS以及CAPES门户网站上进行文献检索，使用“自闭症”和“广泛性发育障碍”等关键词。
共识别出93篇文章，其中大部分由巴西东南部的研究人员撰写，并隶属于公立大学。所有文章中约三分之一发表在影响因子为0.441至3.211的期刊上；大多数基于小样本量。此外，还识别出140篇论文，其中82.1%为硕士论文。针对ASD的干预措施是主要研究主题。
巴西研究人员显然对ASD主题感兴趣；然而，他们的大部分科学产出仅限于博士论文或硕士论文。少数文章发表在高影响因子的期刊上。这些发现表明需要进行更大样本量的研究，这可能会产生更具影响力的研究结果，从而提高巴西在ASD研究领域的科学产出的知名度。
