Brazilian scientific production about covid-19 in Scopus (2019-2021): a bibliometric analysis in the health sciences field

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Vania Ferreira da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Silveira, Filipe Xerxeneski da, Borba, Vildeane da Rocha, Teixeira, Maria do Rocio Fontoura
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/2373
• topic: Scientific production; Covid-19; Bibliometrics; Health sciences; Databases.; Producción científica; Covid-19; Bibliometría; Ciencias de la salud; Bases de datos.; Produção científica; Covid-19; Bibliometria; Ciências da saúde; Bases de dados.

Using bibliometrics as a strategy to measure research and productivity indexes, the study presented in this article analyzed the Brazilian scientific production about covid-19 in Scopus (2019-2021) and the relationships of those publications from the Bourdieusian perspective. The theoretical framework consisted in seeking and reviewing Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, scientific field and symbolic capital and concepts used by other authors who dialogue with the Bourdieusian perspective. It is a quali-quantitative exploratory research which sought sources of information and documents to answer the researchers' questions. The results of the investigation led to important observational discoveries, among others that 90% of the universities with the highest number of publications about covid-19 found in Scopus concerning the analyzed period by us are public universities. It is estimated that even with the cuts in government resources and the weakening of national research institutions, the area of health sciences has shown significant growth in studies, carrying out researches which have a great importance today.