Alexia Sampaio Teixeira, Adriana Simões Ferreira, Paulo Franco Taitson, Adelino Amaral Silva, Maria do Carmo Borges de Souza
JBRA Assist. Reprod. 2012; 16 (2):94-96
Received June 20, 2012
Accepted July 07, 2012
Abstract
Objective: To describe the different types of studies and different types of issues that are published about Reproduction in JBRA Assisted Reproduction.
Method: We conducted a bibliometric study to search for articles published in the journal during the years 2004 to 2011. The categories searched were the type of publication: original article, opinion article, review, summary of thesis statement, Congress abstracts and case reports. Another research item was raised for inclusion in the thematic section of the articles, ie: gynecology, andrology, embryology, reproduction technique, deployment, and others.
Results: We found 232 publications between the years 2004-2011. The theme of gynecology accounted for 33.19%. The technology of reproduction 25.86%. Andrology, 18.10%. Studies related to the embryo 9.05%. Implantation 3.88%. Scientific methodology, 0.43% and others 9.49%. Regarding the type of publication, the original articles amounted to 56.48%. Review articles, 23.71%. Opinion articles, 7.32%. Case report, 5.17%. Summary of thesis, 3.01%. Communications, 0.43%. Congress abstracts, 3.88%.
Conclusions: The analysis so far, the understanding of the presented research, evaluation methodologies and the presence of various researchers in the journal already show a wider range of Human Reproduction as a specialty and academic discipline.