scholarly journals TeamTree analysis: A new approach to evaluate scientific production

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0253847
Author(s):  
Frank W. Pfrieger
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
New Approach ◽  
H Index ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Independent Measure ◽  
Publication Record ◽  
Bibliometric Approach

Advances in science and technology depend on the work of research teams and the publication of results through peer-reviewed articles representing a growing socio-economic resource. Current methods to mine the scientific literature regarding a field of interest focus on content, but the workforce credited by authorship remains largely unexplored. Notably, appropriate measures of scientific production are debated. Here, a new bibliometric approach named TeamTree analysis is introduced that visualizes the development and composition of the workforce driving a field. A new citation-independent measure that scales with the H index estimates impact based on publication record, genealogical ties and collaborative connections. This author-centered approach complements existing tools to mine the scientific literature and to evaluate research across disciplines.

scholarly journals Insight into the workforce advancing fields of science and technology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank W. Pfrieger
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractAdvances in biomedicine and other fields of science and technology depend on research teams and their peer-reviewed publications. The scientific literature represents an invaluable socioeconomic resource guiding future research. Typically, this growing body of information is explored by queries in bibliographic databases concerning topics of interest and by subsequent scrutiny of matching publications. This approach informs readily about content, but leaves the workforce driving the field largely unexplored. The hurdle can be overcome by a transparent team-centered analysis that visualizes the teams working in a field of interest and that delineates their genealogic and collaborative relations. Context-specific, but citation-independent metrics gauge team impact and reveal key contributors valuing publication output, mentorship and collaboration. The new insight into the structure, dynamics and performance of the workforce driving research in distinct disciplines complements ongoing efforts to mine the scientific literature, foster collaboration, evaluate research and guide future policies and investments.

scholarly journals Trends in the Scientific Literature on Sudden Hearing Loss: A Bibliometric Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-11
Author(s):  
Pedro Clarós
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Linear Growth ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sudden Hearing Loss ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Saturation Point ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Bibliometric Approach

Objective: To analyze the scientific publications, from a bibliometric approach, on the sudden hearing loss since the first documents appear (1966) until the year 2017. Methods: The Scopus database was used to carry out the study, and the descriptors "sudden hearing loss", “sudden sensorineural hearing loss" and "sudden sensorial hearing loss" were used, limited to the title, keywords and summary field. The most common bibliometric indicators were applied for the selected publications. Results: A total of 2,509 original articles were recovered between1966-2017. The growth of the publications was adapting better to a linear adjustment (r = 0.84). The time of duplication is 10.4 years. Bradford's core (most productive journals) formed by thirteen journals, some of the most productive are Otology and Neurotology, Acta Oto-Laryngologica and Laryngoscope, with an Impact Factor of 2.024, 2.471 and 1.116, respectively. Regarding geographical distribution, the United States, Japan and Germany present the highest production. Conclusions: The scientific production on the sudden hearing loss follows a linear growth, without evidence that should have reached a saturation point. In this case, the postulates of the Law of growth of Price's science are not fulfilled. In addition, a high index of transience exists.

PLANEJAMENTO FAMILIAR COMO ASSUNTO DE MULHER!? PERFIL DE GÊNERO NA PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA NO BRASIL

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniella De Paula Chiesa ◽  
Mário Antônio Sanches ◽  
Daiane Priscila Simão-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
The State ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Subject

O estudo do Planejamento familiar, no contexto da bioética, abre-se para diversas perspectivas, entre elas a valorização dos seus diferentes atores. Situado neste contexto o artigo tem como objetivo identificar o perfil de gênero na produção científica sobre Planejamento Familiar no Brasil, entre 2000 e 2014, assim como a área de formação e especialização dos autores. Foram utilizadas metodologias que permitiram mapear o estado da arte do tema estudado, a partir de uma revisão da literatura. O resultado da pesquisa identifica que a produção científica sobre Planejamento Familiar no Brasil se compõe de perfil destacadamente feminino (71,76%). Dos 73 artigos analisados, 42 (57,53%) o foco do tema está direcionado à mulher assim como evidencia-se a área de ciências da saúde com maior concentração das publicações do tema.  Este aspecto da pesquisa abre para uma realidade complexa onde se buscam criticamente as razões para a pesquisa em Planejamento Familiar ter ênfase na mulher e ser um tema de relevância nas ciências da saúde.Palavras-chave: Produção científica, Planejamento Familiar, Gênero.  ABSTRACT: The study of Family Planning, in the context of bioethics, opens to diverse perspectives, among them the appreciation of their different agents. Situated in this context the article aims to identify the profile of gender in scientific literature on Family Planning in Brazil, between 2000 and 2014, as well as the area of training and specialization of the authors. Methodologies were used which allowed to map the State of the art of the subject studied, from a review of the literature. The results found identify that the scientific production on Family Planning in Brazil is formed with a outstandingly female profile (71,76%). Of the 73 articles examined, 42 (57.53%) the focus of the topic is directed to women as well as showing the health sciences area with highest concentration of publications. This aspect of the research opens to a complex reality where we seek critically the reasons for Research in Family Planning have emphasis on woman and be a topic of relevance in health sciences.Keywords: Scientific Production, Family Planning, Gender.

A Scientometric Study of Foraminiferal Research in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-285
Author(s):  
Beatriz Lima Vieira ◽  
Letícia Rizzetto Patrocínio ◽  
Douglas Villela de Oliveira Lessa ◽  
Doriedson Ferreira Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
Generalized Additive Model ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Additive Model ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
The North ◽  
Marine Realm ◽  
Scientometric Study ◽  
Brazilian Science

ABSTRACT Scientometrics is a field of study that involves measuring and analyzing scientific literature and can be a valuable tool to assess and reveal major gaps in national scientific production. Among the major challenges for Brazilian science is the development of research in the extensive national marine realm. This paper provides a scientometric survey of papers involving foraminiferal research in Brazil. The metrics utilized were papers listed in “Capes Portal” and “Scopus” databases up to the year of 2019. A total of 324 papers were found and 177 were selected based upon criteria established. A generalized additive model (GAM) was used to establish a relationship between publications and time. Studies involving foraminifera increased in Brazil from 1952 to 2019. Most studies have been conducted in the southeast region. We identified the need for more research on foraminifera to be carried out in the Brazilian continental margin, especially in the north and northeast regions of the country.

‘Not Science but PR’: GM Food and the Makings of a Considered Sociology

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Murcott
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Gm Food ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Sociology Of Food

This article sketches a sociology in the making that arises out of the case of GM food in Britain in 1999. It is presented with a view to moving, collaboratively, towards its further study. A ‘considered sociology’ is not original. It requires treating as an integral and enduring part of the field of investigation the historical and social characterisation of that same field. An evaluation of the sociology of food indicates that field's limitations for the examination of GM food, with one key exception. The article moves on to propose the need for (a) an as yet underinvestigated field of the industrialisation of food together with the role of science and technology within it, and (b) an examination of the industrialised (social) scientific production of ‘the consumer’. These may then serve as a basis for examining the manner in which public coverage of GM food could be characterised not as a matter of science but of a PR and is now publicly construed as a debate, ‘pro’ and ‘anti’.

scholarly journals Scenario of research on Food Service in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Flávia Milagres CAMPOS ◽  
Shirley Donizete PRADO ◽  
Fabiana Bom KRAEMER ◽  
Francisco Romão FERREIRA ◽  
Maria Cláudia da Veiga Soares CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Main Trend ◽  
Food Science ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Object Of Study

ABSTRACT Objective: The present study aims to investigate the scenario of research on Food Service in Brazil based on the Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs in Nutrition, research groups, and scientific production. Methods: A search of the research lines including studies related to this topic and the researchers engaged in those studies was conducted. The research groups were identified on the Directory of Research Groups in Brazil website and the profile of the scientific production was based on articles included in the Scientific Electronic Library Online database. Articles published in international journals that were related to research lines focused on food production were also searched and analyzed. Results: The search identified only two graduate programs with research lines that describe the food production as the object of study although 13 graduate programs carry out research related to Food Service, especially focused on nutritional and sanitary aspects of food. The same trend was observed in the national articles. The internationalization of these two research line results from the academic publication in 22 different journals over the past 5 years. Thirty five professors were identified and most of them hold a PhD in Food Science and Technology. The number of research groups increased from two in 2000 to twenty nine in 2010. Conclusion: The inclusion of Food Service in graduate programs is still limited. The main trend observed is towards a closer relationship with Food Science and Technology in terms of the lines of research, professional qualification, and published studies.

scholarly journals Infertilidade Feminina e Conjugalidade: Revisão Integrativa da Literatura

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-290
Author(s):  
Suzana Oliveira CAMPOS ◽  
Fabio SCORSOLINI-COMIN
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Know How ◽  
Sexual Quality Of Life ◽  
International Production

Infertility has repercussions as a problem in different areas. Regarding the sphere of the couple, this is a situation that can affect both spouses and operates in marital satisfaction. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to know how the conjugality is affected by the female infertility from the national and international scientific production. It is an integrative review of the scientific literature indexed in the databases/libraries PUBMED, PsycINFO and LILACS published between 2008 and 2018, in the Portuguese, Spanish and English languages, which recovered 34 publications, which were submitted to critical analysis. It is a predominantly international production, with a quantitative approach. The guiding question that led to the present revision was answered, so that it was found that infertility transforms the conjugal relationship, most often negatively, which has no direct influence of the female factor as cause. In contrast, the search for treatment is shown as an aspect of cohesion between the couple, which strengthens itself in pursuit of a common goal. Therefore, it is necessary to develop actions that aim at improving the marital and sexual quality of life of couples who are undergoing diagnosis and treatment for infertility. Palavras-chave : Infertility; Marriage; Spouses.

scholarly journals Safe and effective praxis without scientific evidence: is it possible?

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Jefferson Petto ◽  
Igor Macedo De Oliveira ◽  
Alice Miranda De Oliveira ◽  
Marvyn De Santana Do Sacramento
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Scientific Thought ◽  
Daily Lives

The earliest accounts of scientific thought date back to thousands of years BC, where problems in the daily lives of our predecessors led to the search for effective and replicable forms of resolution. Nowadays, in the advent of science and technology, health professionals' decision making has been organized based on the analysis of the diverse evidence available in the scientific literature. This process has been identified Evidence Based Practice (EBP)...

scholarly journals Exploring Liminal Practices in Art, Technology, and Science

2018 ◽  
pp. 65-83
Author(s):  
Denise Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Digital Object ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
New Approach

This chapter interrogates the notion of the liminal in relation to the virtual and the imaginary through a consideration of the field of art, science, and technology and current creative practices in virtual worlds and avatar-mediated space. In particular, the art project Meta-Dreamer (2009) is considered through the manifestation of the avatar as digital object. In its attempt to explore the experience of “living between worlds,” it reflects the concerns of contemporary arts practice exploration of time and space relationships. The art project is re-examined in light of key arguments in the provocative text Liminal Lives (Squier, 2004) that advocates a new approach to the liminal in light of current biomedicine and the shifting and emergent qualities of contemporary human life.

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