In which journals do family and community physicians in Brazil publish? the Trajetórias MFC project

Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle; Miguel Henrique Moraes de  Oliveira; Stephani Vogt  Rossi; Diego José  Brandão; Thiago Dias  Sarti

doi:10.5712/rbmfc16(43)2589

Authors

Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle Medical school, Universidade Vila Velha (UVV). Vila Velha, Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4064-433X
Miguel Henrique Moraes de Oliveira Universidade Vila Velha (UVV). Vila Velha, ES https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-6926
Stephani Vogt Rossi Universidade Vila Velha (UVV). Vila Velha, ES http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6090-6926
Diego José Brandão Universidade Vila Velha (UVV). Vila Velha, ES http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-3256
Thiago Dias Sarti Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brasil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1545-6276

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc16(43)2589

Keywords:

Periodicals as Topic, Publishing, Family Practice, Community Medicine, Brazil

Abstract

Introduction: Authors choose scholarly journals not only to advance their careers but also to interact with their respective scholarly communities. Objective: To describe the journals where family and community physicians in Brazil publish their work. Methods: In late 2018, we compiled a nationwide list of family and community physicians, and downloaded their curricula from the Lattes Platform. We extracted data on their complete journal articles from their curricula, completed these data with queries to CrossRef, VHL/LILACS, and PubMed/MEDLINE, and obtained data on the journals with queries to the United States NLM Catalog. Results: We found 3558 unique articles, published by 1011 journals. The most productive journal was RBMFC (Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade), which published 347 (9.8%) of these articles. About one in six articles were published in journals on family practice or primary health care. The proportion of articles published in journals in Brazil decreased during the study period from 83.8% to 58.4%. Conclusion: As in other countries, family and community physicians in Brazil usually publish in the national journal dedicated to their scholarly community, while also publishing extensively in journals from other disciplines. The increasing proportion of articles published in journals outside Brazil suggests primary care research in Brazil is increasingly of international relevance.

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Author Biography

Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle, Medical school, Universidade Vila Velha (UVV). Vila Velha, Espírito Santo

Graduated in medicine from UFES, medical residency in family and community medicine at FMRP/USP, master’s in community health at the same institition, Ph.D. in epidemiology at UFPel. Professor of the medical school and preceptor of the medical residency in family and community medicine at UVV, legislative analyst in health at CMV/ES, board member at ACMFC and co-editor at RBMFC.

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