Growth, diversity and survival: the concept of vitality applied to a scientometric study
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Scholarly communication. Scholarly communication patterns - Brazil. Health Sciences. Scientometrics.Abstract
The paper addresses the structure and dynamics of scientific activities in the Health Sciences in Brazil. It starts with the assumption that vitality in science can be identified by characteristics related to productivity of authors, longevity of institutions, thematic diversity and publication channels. It points out specific features that represent different degrees of vitality in science. Analyzing 117,521 articles by Brazilian authors published between 1987 and 2011 in journals indexed by MEDLINE, vitality characteristics have been identified in each of the 27 states of the country. The results reveal that, in the area of Health Sciences in Brazil, there is much disparity between the states and that the higher levels of scientific vitality are located in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do SulDownloads
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