This text focuses on the intellectual production in public health studies expressed through master's degree dissertations and doctoral thesis whose theme was Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The research considered the period from 1960 to July 15th, 2007. From 1960 to 1990 there was only one work on the Rio de Janeiro State, and from 1991 to July 15th, 2007, we found 48 works on public health studies concerning Rio de Janeiro State. The intellectual production was classified in eight thematic areas: Policies; Epidemiology; Human Resources; Professional Education and Training; Health and Society; Assistance Models and Management; Information Systems and Public Health History. The theme area named Policies is the production leader with 22 works (and it was divided in two: National Health System Policies (20%) and Specific Health Policies (20%). The theme area named Epidemiology, with 11 works (23%), is another important concentration pole. The intellectual production as a whole had been concentrated both in master's degree dissertations (78%) as in a few number of educational and research institutions such as Fiocruz - the leader in terms of master's degree dissertations - and IMS-UERJ, which holds the leadership in terms of doctoral thesis. In spite of the great importance of Rio de Janeiro State in relation to Brazil, we conclude that the intellectual production is reduced and concentrated in a few theme areas.
Intellectual Production; Public Heath; Rio de Janeiro State
