OBJECTIVE: The Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria (JBP) is a scientific journal specialized in psychiatry edited since 1938, publishing part of the Brazilian scientific production in this area. This paper aims at producing a bibliometric analysis of the articles published at the JBP from 1995 to 2004. METHODS: The articles have been classified according to their year of publication, geographic origin (according to the scientific affiliation of the first author), type of article (review articles, original research, case reports, meta-analysis and opinative articles). The absolute and proportional numbers of articles in each category were analyzed considering the whole decade and the two studied quinquenniums. RESULTS: 619 articles were published at the JBP on this period. 91.4% of these were written by Brazilian researchers. Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Pernambuco were the top Brazilian states in number of published articles. Original research and review articles were the most frequent publications (37.3% e 35.9%, respectively). CONCLUSION: From 1995 to 2004 the profile of the articles published at the JBP changed, with greater geographic diversity on the second quinquennium. This might reflect the greater visibility of the JBP.
Bibliometrics; scientometrics; publications; Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
