HCPA 48 anos: destaque na produção científica / 48 years of HCPA: prominence in academic research

Este artigo ilustra o desenvolvimento das atividades de pesquisa ao longo dos 48 anos do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Fundado em 1971, o HCPA começa a atuar em pesquisa em 1974, data dos primeiros artigos indexados nas bases internacionais. O estudo abrange um período de 44 anos, de 1974 a 2018, para o qual foram levantados os artigos científicos publicados em periódicos indexados na base Web of Science por pesquisadores do próprio hospital, da Faculdade de Medicina e de outras unidades da UFRGS associados aos projetos de pesquisa do HCPA. O artigo resulta de um estudo cientométrico, sendo para tanto realizadas análises de indicadores bibliográficos, como produção total de artigos científicos experimentais, artigos de revisão e artigos completos em eventos (proceedings papers). Para facilidade de informação, os termos utilizados pelas bases foram mantidos em inglês ao longo do texto e nas tabelas e figuras. Um total de 6.383 documentos desses três tipos de artigos foi publicado no período. Mostra-se também a evolução temporal dessa produção. Foram ainda levantadas as principais áreas de pesquisa, as palavraschave dos artigos, as revistas, a colaboração internacional e menção aos trabalhos mais citados. Ao longo do estudo foi possível verificar que alguns pesquisadores, autores de trabalhos significativos, não indicam nos artigos sua vinculação ao HCPA e recomenda-se uma orientação do GPPG sobre o assunto. (AU)

This article illustrates the development of research activities over the 48 years of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Founded in 1971, the HCPA begins its research activities in 1974, date of the first articles published in indexed journals. The study covers a period of 44 years, from 1974 to 2018 for which the scientific articles in journals indexed in the Web of Science database, published by researchers of the hospital including the Faculty of Medicine and other UFRGS units associated with the research projects of the HCPA were considered for this study. The article results from a scientometric study, and for this purpose analyzes of bibliographic indicators were carried out, covering: total production of experimental scientific articles, review articles and complete papers published in the proceedings of scientific events. For ease of information, the terms used by the bases were maintained in English throughout the text and in the tables and figures. A total of 6,383 documents of these three types of articles were published in the period. The temporal evolution of this production is also shown. The main research areas, the keywords of the articles, the journals, the international collaboration and the most cited papers were also raised. It was identified at the end that several authors though working in the hospital, do not indicate in the articles their linkage to the HCPA and thus, it is recommended to GPPG to develop some orientation to the researchers concerning to this subject. (AU)

Unbalanced international collaboration affects adversely the usefulness of countries' scientific output as well as their technological and social impact.

The unbalanced international scientific collaboration as cause of misleading information on the country's contribution to the scientific world output was analyzed. ESI Data Base (Thomson Reuters' InCites), covering the scientific production of 217 active countries in the period 2010-2014 was used. International collaboration implicates in a high percentage (33.1 %) of double-counted world articles, thus impacting qualitative data as citations, impact and impact relative to word. The countries were divided into three groups, according to their individual contribution to the world publications: Group I (24 countries, at least 1 %) representing 83.9 % of the total double-counted world articles. Group II (40 countries, 0.1-0.99 % each). Group III, 153 countries (70.5 %) with <0.1 % and altogether 1.9 % of the world. Qualitative characteristics of each group were also analyzed: percentage of the country's GNP applied in R&D, proportion of Scientists and Engineers per million inhabitants and Human Development Index. Average international collaboration were: Group I, 43.0 %; Group II, 55.8 % and Group III, 85.2 %. We concluded that very high and unbalanced international collaboration, as presented by many countries, misrepresent the importance of their scientific production, technological and social outputs. Furthermore, it jeopardizes qualitative outputs of the countries themselves, artificially increasing their scientific impact, affecting all fields and therefore, the whole world. The data confirm that when dealing with the qualitative contribution of countries, it is necessary to take in consideration the level of international cooperation because, as seen here, it can and in fact it does create false impression of the real contribution of countries.