Do Brazilian medical journals reference Brazilian articles? A cross-sectional study

BackgroundThe quantity and quality of Brazilian scientific output increases decade by decade. However, there is a tendency to undervalue Brazilian journals, illustrated by the low number of citations compared with texts in international journals, with the tacit justification that foreign articles ar...

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Published in:	Jornal vascular brasileiro Vol. 21; p. e20220001
Main Authors:	Tramontin, Daniela Ferreira, da Costa, Luís Vinícius Pires, Pimentel, Antônio Leonardo Jahati Cavalcante, Lemos, Rafael Silva, Vasconcelos, Maria Eduarda Dos Santos Lopes, Bentes, Lívia Guerreiro de Barros, de Araújo, Nayara Pontes, de Barros, Rui Sérgio Monteiro
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 03-06-2022
Subjects:	Original
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Summary:	BackgroundThe quantity and quality of Brazilian scientific output increases decade by decade. However, there is a tendency to undervalue Brazilian journals, illustrated by the low number of citations compared with texts in international journals, with the tacit justification that foreign articles are of superior quality. ObjectivesTo investigate the differences in numbers of citations of Brazilian and international periodicals in three Brazilian journals from 2016 to 2020. MethodsAll articles published in the Journal of the Brazilian College of Surgeons, in the Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, and in Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira from 2016 to 2020 were analyzed. The references of these studies were analyzed, summing the total number of citations and classifying them as published in Brazilian or foreign journals. ResultsA total of 902 articles were analyzed, totaling 23,394 references, with a mean of 25.81 ± 8.59 references per article. Of these, 2,680 (11.45%) were Brazilian, equating to a mean of 2.95 ± 3.79 Brazilian references per article. ConclusionsIt is necessary to improve appreciation of Brazilian periodicals, especially among Brazilian researchers and institutions responsible for science funding.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Author contributions Conception and design: DFT, LVPC, RSMB Analysis and interpretation: NPA, ALJCP Data collection: RSL, MESLV, LGBB Writing the article: DFT, LVPC, ALJCP Critical revision of the article: RSMB Final approval of the article: DFT, LVPC, ALJCP, RSL, MESLV, LGBB, NPA, RSMB Statistical analysis: DFT Overall responsibility: RSMB All authors have read and approved of the final version of the article submitted to J Vasc Bras. Conflicts of interest: No conflicts of interest declared concerning the publication of this article. Author information DFT, LVPC, ALJCP, RSL and LGBB – Graduate student of Medicina, Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA). MESLV - Graduate student of Medicina, Centro Universitário do Pará (CESUPA). NPA - Graduate student of Medicina, Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA). RSMB - PhD in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
ISSN:	1677-5449 1677-7301
DOI:	10.1590/1677-5449.202200011