This paper analyzes the scientific production in the psychoanalytic context published in 229 articles (2002 to 2009) from six scientific indexed periodicals. The analysis was carried out according to some metascientific criteria such as: authorship, thematic, discourse, and exam of the different types of resources. Results evinced not only a greater concentration of publications regarding psychoanalysis in certain journals, but also an increase of these types of studies recently. It was also found that most of the authors were females and the psychoanalysis were used both in a variety of contexts and with diverse purposes. It was concluded that the divulged production in the period reveals the matureness of the area, but points out some aspects that might be explored in future publications. It is recommended that similar studies be conducted in order to better monitor the expanding area in Brazil.
Scientific production; Scientific publication; Metascience; Psychoanalysis
