Crossing the Death Valley of publication process in cornea and ocular surface diseases: from abstracts presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting to full-text manuscripts / Atravessando o Vale da Morte do processo de publicação sobre doenças da córnea e da superfície ocular: de resumos apresentados no Encontro Anual da Associação de Pesquisa em Visão e Oftalmologia até artigos completos

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study was conducted to analyze the profile and publication rate of abstracts in indexed journals presented in the cornea section at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting and to further identify potential predictive factors for better outcomes. Methods: Abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in the cornea section were sought via PubMed and Scopus to identify whether they had been published as full-text manuscripts. First author's name, time of publication, journal's name, and impact factor were recorded. A multivariate regression was performed to explore the association between variables and both the likelihood of publication and the journal's impact factor. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to evaluate the time course of publication of abstracts. Results: Of the 939 analyzed abstracts, 360 (38.3%) were published in journals with a median impact factor of 3.4. The median time interval between abstract submission and article publication was 22 months. The multivariate analysis revealed that abstracts were more likely to be published if they were funded (OR=1.482, p=0.005), had a control group (OR=1.511, p=0.016), and had a basic science research scope (OR=1.388, p=0.020). The journal's impact factor was higher in funded studies (β=0.163, p=0.002) but lower in multicenter studies (β=-0.170, p=0.001). The Kaplan-Meier analyses revealed significant differences in the publication time distribution for basic science vs clinical abstracts (χ2=7.636), controlled vs uncontrolled studies (χ2=6.921), and funded vs unfunded research (χ2=13.892) (p<0.05). Conclusion: Almost 40% of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology abstracts were published within 5 years from submission. Funding support, basic research scope, and controlled design were the determinants of better outcomes of publication.(AU)

RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar o perfil e a taxa de publicação em periódicos indexados de resumos apresentados na seção de córnea da reunião anual da Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - ARVO, para identificar potenciais fatores preditivos com objetivo de obter melhores resultados. Métodos: Artigos que foram aceitos para apresentação no encontro anual da Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - ARVO 2013 na seção de córnea foram pesquisados via PubMed e Scopus para identificar se haviam sido publicados como manuscritos com texto integral. Nome do primeiro autor, data de publicação, nome da revista e fator de impacto foram registrados. Foi feita uma regressão multivariada para estabelecer uma associação entre as variáveis e a chance de publicação e o fator de impacto da revista. Foi utilizado o método Kaplan-Meier para analisar o tempo da apresentação até a publicação dos artigos. Resultados: Dos 939 artigos analisados, 360 (38.3%) foram publicados em revistas com um fator de impacto médio de 3.4. O intervalo de tempo entre a submissão do resumo e a publicação do artigo teve como mediana 22 meses. Na análise multivariada, resumos tinham mais chance de publicação se tinham algum tipo de financiamento (OR=1.482, p=0.005), tinham grupo controle (OR=1.511, p=0.016) e estavam no âmbito da pesquisa científica básica (OR+1.388, p=0.020). O fator de impacto da revista era maior em estudos financiados (β=0.163, p=0.002) e mais baixo naqueles multicêntricos (β=-0.170, p=0.001). A análise Kaplan-Meier mostrou diferenças significativas na distribuição de tempo até a publicação de resumos de ciência básica vs clínicos (χ2=7.636), com grupo controle vs sem grupo controle (χ2=6.921) e financiados vs não financiados (χ2=13.892) (p<0.05). Conclusão: Aproximadamente 40% dos resumos apresentados no encontro da Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - ARVO foram publicados dentro de 5 anos da submissão. Financiamento, pesquisa no âmbito da ciência básica e presença de grupo controle foram fatores determinantes para melhores resultados em relação à chance de publicação.(AU)

Cooperação Ipea-Bireme: interoperabilidade de sistemas para a disseminação de informação em saúde / Ipea-Bireme cooperation: system interoperability for dissemination of health information / Cooperación Ipea-Bireme: interoperabilidad de sistemas para difusión de información de salud

O objetivo deste texto é descrever e discutir a experiência de cooperação entre o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) e o Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde (Bireme) para a interoperabilidade de seus sistemas de informação, com vistas à indexação da produção em saúde do Ipea às bases de dados de literatura científica mantidas pela Bireme, fomentando assim a disseminação do conhecimento produzido pelo instituto nesta área. Conclui-se, a partir da análise desta iniciativa, que o seu sucesso é devido ao comprometimento das equipes, as quais conformaram acordos de cooperação nos níveis técnico, de conteúdo e organizacional, requisitos estes apontados pela literatura científica sobre o assunto como determinantes para seu êxito.

The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss the experience of cooperation between the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (Bireme) for the interoperability of their information systems, to index the health production of Ipea to the databases of scientific literature maintained by Bireme, thus promoting the dissemination of the knowledge produced by the institute in this area. It is concluded, from the analysis of this initiative, that its success is due to the commitment of the teams, which formed cooperation agreements at the technical, content and organizational levels, requirements that are pointed out by the scientific literature on the subject as determinants for its success.

El objetivo de este documento es describir y discutir la experiencia de cooperación entre el Instituto de Investigación Económica Aplicada (IPEA) y el Centro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Información en Ciencias de la Salud (Bireme) para la interoperabilidad de sus sistemas de información, con el objetivo de indexar la producción de salud de Ipea a las bases de datos de literatura científica mantenidas por Bireme, promoviendo así la difusión del conocimiento producido por el instituto en esta área. Se concluye, a partir del análisis de esta iniciativa, que su éxito se debe al compromiso de los equipos, que formaron acuerdos de cooperación a nivel técnico, de contenido y organizacional, requisitos que la literatura científica señala sobre el tema como determinantes para su éxito.

Caminhos da internacionalização dos periódicos de saúde coletiva / Pathways for the internationalization of public health journals

RESUMO Esse texto teve como objetivo apresentar caminhos para que o meio editorial em saúde coletiva incremente a visibilidade das revistas brasileiras no exterior. Sinteticamente, essas medidas são: publicação dos artigos em inglês; indexação dos periódicos nas principais bases de dados internacionais (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science etc.); inclusão das revistas nos repositórios on-line internacionais (SciELO, PMC, Europe PMC etc.); adoção de sistema de gestão editorial em inglês, permitindo a comunicação entre autores, editores e revisores de diferentes países; adoção de licença de direitos de cópia, permitindo a divulgação dos artigos publicados em repositórios individuais e institucionais. Muitas dessas sugestões já vêm sendo implantadas, e várias revistas no Brasil já avançaram no trajeto assinalado. Essas diretrizes implicam custos adicionais e empenho editorial. A produção de uma revista científica com impacto internacional não deveria ser responsabilidade apenas dos editores e dos autores. É fundamental que as agências de fomento à pesquisa criem fontes sustentáveis de financiamento e de internacionalização para as revistas brasileiras de reconhecido mérito.

ABSTRACT The objective of this text was to explore how public health journals edited in Brazil can increase their international impact. Synthetically, the following measures were proposed: the publication of articles in English; the indexing of journals in the leading international databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science etc.); the inclusion of journals in international online repositories (SciELO, PMC, Europe PMC etc.); the adoption of editorial a management system allowing for the communication in English between authors, editors and reviewers from different countries; the adoption of copyrights allowing for free access of the articles, and their distribution in individual and institutional repositories. Several journals in Brazil have already implemented many of these suggestions. These guidelines imply additional costs and editorial commitment. The production of a scientific journal with international impact should not be the responsibility of editors and authors alone. Governmental agencies for funding research should provide sustainable sources to support the internationalization of Brazilian journals with recognized merit.

Specialist Bibliographic Databases

Specialist bibliographic databases offer essential online tools for researchers and authors who work on specific subjects and perform comprehensive and systematic syntheses of evidence. This article presents examples of the established specialist databases, which may be of interest to those engaged in multidisciplinary science communication. Access to most specialist databases is through subscription schemes and membership in professional associations. Several aggregators of information and database vendors, such as EBSCOhost and ProQuest, facilitate advanced searches supported by specialist keyword thesauri. Searches of items through specialist databases are complementary to those through multidisciplinary research platforms, such as PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Familiarizing with the functional characteristics of biomedical and nonbiomedical bibliographic search tools is mandatory for researchers, authors, editors, and publishers. The database users are offered updates of the indexed journal lists, abstracts, author profiles, and links to other metadata. Editors and publishers may find particularly useful source selection criteria and apply for coverage of their peer-reviewed journals and grey literature sources. These criteria are aimed at accepting relevant sources with established editorial policies and quality controls.

Brazilian Scientific Journals in Surgery: quality control in the abstract structure of non-experimental articles

PURPOSE: To evaluate the quality of abstracts of original non-experimental research articles in Brazilian Journals in Surgery. METHODS: Convenience sample of 471 abstracts of original research articles from six Brazilian surgical journals indexed in Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Knowledge. The quality of abstracts was measured against a checklist of eight evaluation criteria, which were divided into 32 categories. The total score for each abstract was obtained by summing the score of all criteria present. The overall mean score was also determined. RESULTS: The overall mean score of abstract quality was that of a good abstract. Most of the abstracts contained some information from each of the eight basic categories of an abstract. All abstracts were structured ones. CONCLUSION: The overall quality, for abstracts of original articles of six Brazilian non-experimental journals in surgery, was classified as good.

Evaluation of the key words used in articles of the Acta Cirurgica Brasileira from 1997 to 2012 / Avaliação dos descritores utilizados nos artigos da Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira de 1997 a 2012

PURPOSE: To evaluate the key words used in Acta Cirurgica Brasileira from 1997 to 2012. METHODS: All the key words of all articles published in regular issues between 1997 and 2012 were analyzed, ensuring that these key words were in the MeSH database (Medical Subjects Headings) and the most used subject headings and most wrong repeated key words were ranked. RESULTS: > 4230 key words used in 990 articles were analyzed. Only 579 key words (13.68%) were not in the MeSH database, considering that there was a statistically significant decrease over the years (p<0.001). The three most used key words were Rats, Dogs and Wound healing. Among the wrong ones, the key words were Adhesions, Experimental surgery and Anatomosis. CONCLUSION: There was a gradual improvement in the amount of key words used that belonged to the MeSH database, and there were 618 articles (62.42%) with all key words correct.

OBJETIVO: Avaliar os descritores utilizados na Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira entre os anos de 1997 até 2012. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados os descritores de todos os artigos publicados em fascículos regulares entre os anos de 1997 a 2012, verificando se estes constavam no MeSH e foi feito um ranking dos descritores mais utilizados e dos termos equivocados mais repetidos. RESULTADOS: Foram analisados 4230 descritores, presentes em 990 artigos. Apenas 579 (13,68%) dos descritores estavam fora da base do MeSH, sendo que houve uma diminuição estatisticamente significante com o passar dos anos (p<0.001). Os três descritores mais utilizados foram Rats, Dogs e Wound healing, já dentre as equivocadas foram os termos Adhesions, Experimental surgery e Anatomosis. CONCLUSÃO: Houve uma melhora progressiva na quantidade de termos utilizados que pertenciam a base do MeSH, havendo 618 artigos (62,42%) com todos os descritores corretos.

Los lenguajes de indización en e-Salud: su aplicación a los documentos sobre trastornos de la conducta alimentaria / Indexing languages in e-Health: applications for documents about eating disorders

La presencia cada vez mayor de las bases de datos especializadas y su uso generalizado, así como las posibilidades de difusión que las nuevas tecnologías ofrecen, obliga a un análisis pertinente de los documentos. Los lenguajes de indización nacen a raíz del crecimiento de la información generado por la revolución científica, como una forma rápida y normalizada de procesar, almacenar y recuperar los contenidos documentales. Este trabajo examina las características y ventajas de los lenguajes documentales en la era digital describiendo ejemplos de tesauros, y sus correspondientes relaciones jerárquicas, aplicados a los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria.

The increased presence and widespread use of specialized databases, as well as the possibilities for distribution offered by new technologies, require a pertinent method for analyzing documents. Indexing languages emerge from the information growth generated by the scientific revolution as a quick, standardized way to process, store and retrieve document contents. This paper examines the characteristics and advantages of documentary languages in the digital age, describing examples of thesauri and their corresponding hierarchical relationships as applied to eating disorders.

Mais um passo importante da Scientia Medica: [editorial] / One further important step for Scientia Medica: [editorial]

É com satisfação que comunicamos aos usuários da Scientia Medica, especialmente aos autores que a prestigiam com a publicação de seus trabalhos, que a revista foi indexada na Scopus. Essa base de dados, oficialmente denominada SciVerse Scopus e pertencente ao grupo editorial Elsevier, é a maior base indexadora de resumos e citações da literatura científica revisada por pares.

A importância da inclusão do termo sistema musculoaponeurótico superficial nos descritores em ciências da saúde e na terminologia anatômica internacional / Importance to include the term superficial musculoaponeurotic system in medical subject headings and in the international anatomical nomenclature

PURPOSE: To investigate the relevance of the term superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) and demonstrate that this term is important enough to be added to the MeSH database and listed in International Anatomical Nomenclature. METHODS: Terms related to SMAS were selected from original articles retrieved from the ISI Web of Science and MEDLINE (PubMed) databases. Groups of terms were created to define a search strategy with high-sensitivity and restricted to scientific periodicals devoted to plastic surgery. This study included articles between January 1996 and May 2009, whose titles, abstracts, and keywords were searched for SMAS-related terms and all occurrences were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 126 original articles were retrieved from the main periodicals related to plastic surgery in the referred databases. Of these articles, 51.6 percent had SMAS-related terms in the abstract only, and 25.4 percent had SMAS-related terms in both the title and abstract. The term 'superficial musculoaponeurotic system' was present as a keyword in 19.8 percent of the articles. The most frequent terms were 'SMAS' (71.4 percent) and superficial musculoaponeurotic system (62.7 percent). CONCLUSION: The term SMAS refers to a structure relevant enough to start a discussion about indexing it as a keyword and as an official term in Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology.

OBJETIVO: Investigar a relevância do termo sistema musculoaponeurótico superficial (SMAS) para propor a sua indicação para indexação como palavra-chave e inclusão na Terminologia Anatômica Internacional. MÉTODOS: Termos relacionados ao SMAS foram recuperados de artigos originais identificados por mapeamento automático nas bases ISI Web Of Science e MEDLINE (PubMed). Os termos foram agrupados a fim de formar uma estratégia de busca de alta sensibilidade, limitada a periódicos exclusivos da especialidade de Cirurgia Plástica. Destes periódicos, foram selecionados artigos publicados de janeiro de 1996 a maio de 2009. Avaliou-se o título, resumo e as palavras-chaves, computando-se todas as ocorrências de termos relacionadas ao SMAS. RESULTADOS: Recuperou-se um total de 126 artigos originais de periódicos relevantes, especializados em cirurgia plástica, e indexados nas bases mencionadas. Destes artigos, 51,6 por cento apresentavam termos relacionados com SMAS somente no resumo, e 25,4 por cento apresentavam termos relacionados com SMAS no título e resumo. O termo sistema musculoaponeurótico superficial estava presente como descritor em 19,8 por cento dos artigos. As ocorrências mais freqüentes foram SMAS (71,4 por cento) e sistema musculoaponeurótico superficial (62,7 por cento). CONCLUSÃO: O termo SMAS, referente à estrutura em estudo, apresentou relevância suficiente para ser indexado como palavra-chave e listado na Terminologia Anatômica Internacional.

Coincidence Analysis of Key Words and MeSH Terms in the Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine

PURPOSE: Keywords describe the medical concepts of articles in the medical literature. They provide many benefits to those creating databases, to indexers who are cross-indexing scientific articles, and to users by providing easy access to sources. Hence, it is important for authors to choose keywords that are accurate and that correspond to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The objectives of this study were to investigate whether English keywords used in the Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine (KJEM) coincide with MeSH terms, and to understand the major errors in MeSH term selection. METHODS: To analyze how accurately authors of KJEM use MeSH terms, keywords provided by authors (author terms) were compared with terms listed in the corresponding MeSH browser. We analyzed keywords from 356 articles of the KJEM that were published between 2005 and 2006 and between 2008 and 2009. We investigated frequently used keywords and what percentage of keywords agree with MeSH terms using the MeSH browser. RESULTS: A total of 1,153 author terms were used as keywords in the 356 KJEM articles. There were on average 5.91 authors and 3.24 keywords per article. The keywords that appeared most frequently (in descending order) were cardiac arrest, emergency medical services, ultrasonography, emergency department (medicine), and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The number of terms in precise agreement with MeSH headings was 584 (50.7%); 260 terms (22.5%) were not found in the MeSH browser;60 terms (5.2%) had only a trivial difference from MeSH terms; 203 terms (17.6%) including entry terms, and 46 terms (4.0%) matched MeSH subheadings. CONCLUSION: Many keywords used in the KJEM did not agree with MeSH terms. We conclude that medical authors should be educated in the proper use of MeSH terms in their research and subsequent publication.

Una mirada epistemométrica de la Revista Médica de Chile y su aporte al conocimiento en Medicina / A scientometric view of Revista Médica de Chile

Background: During the last decade Revista Médica de Chile increased its visibility, measured on citations and impact factor. Aim: To perform a scientometric analysis to assess the performance of Revista Médica de Chile. Material and methods: Thomson's-ISI Web of Science and Journal Citation Reports QCR) were consulted for performance indicators of Revista Médica de Chile and Latin Amerícan journals whose subject is General and Internal Medicine. We also report the h-index of the journal, which infers quality ¡inked to the quantity of the output. Results: According to the h-index, Revista Médica de Chile ranks 4 among the 36 journals indexed and published by Argentina, Brazil, Chile and México. The top ten articles published by Revista Médica de Chile and the institutions with the higher contríbution to the journal, were identified using citations. In the Latin Amerícan región, Brazil relevantly increased its scientific output. However, Argentina, Chile and México maintain a plateau during the last decade. Conclusions: Revista Médica de Chile increased notoriously its performance. Its contríbution to the Chilean scientific community dedicated to Medicine appears to be of central value.