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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2021; 56(02): 154-160
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1728702
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Brazilian authors don't cite Brazilian authors: Nothing has changed since 1994[*]

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Vincenzo Giordano 
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia Prof. Nova Monteiro, Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
2   Clínica São Vicente, Rede D'or São Luiz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
,
Juliana Lyra
3   Programa de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia Prof. Nova Monteiro, Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
,
João Artur Bonadiman 
4   Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil
,
Osvandré Lech 
5   Serviço de Cirurgia do Ombro e Cotovelo, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective To outline the profile of self-citations from Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (Rev Bras Ortop) and citations of this journal in other medical orthopaedic journals with general or specific content in a knowledge area of the specialty.

Methods This is an observational cross-sectional study of the frequency of self-citations and citations from Rev Bras Ortop in five other medical orthopaedic journals from different countries, all published in English. The last 15 articles published in 2020 in each of the six journals were analyzed. The references used in each of them were evaluated to identify the journal in which they were originally published. The frequency of distribution of the four main journals cited, their position, and the relative percentage to the total number of citations were observed and recorded in each of the six journals. The number of times that the Rev Bras Ortop was cited in each of the selected foreign journals was assessed using its absolute and relative frequencies.

Results The total number of citations evaluated in this study was 2,527 (ranging from 386 to 486 per magazine). Rev Bras Ortop showed a low rate of self-citation (2.6%), being the sixth journal cited in the journal itself (10 out of a total of 386 references). Moreover, Rev Bras Ortop was not mentioned in any of the other five medical journals included in the study (absolute frequency 0, relative frequency 0).

Conclusion Rev Bras Ortop has a low reference of itself, with a self-citation rate of 2.6% in the studied period, showing that the Brazilian orthopaedic surgeons do not mention the Brazilian orthopaedic surgeon who publishes in the journal. We suggest the elaboration and implementation of strong strategies to improve the journal's visibility in the world academic-scientific scenario. In addition, it is essential that Brazilian orthopaedic surgeons understand this reality and assist directly and effectively to change this scenario.

Keywords

journal article - journal impact factor - peer review - research - database

* Work developed by the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Prof. Nova Monteiro, Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ and Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 07 February 2021

Accepted: 19 February 2021

Article published online:
26 April 2021

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