The present study analyses a total of 1,016 articles published in the period of 1981-1995 in different Brazilian psychiactric journals named, the Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria (n=1016), the Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria (n=375), and the Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica (n= 83). The articles were classified according to type, field, topic, disorders and research design. It was found that the review and opinion articles were the most frequent publications. Articles classified as research represented 26% of the total publications and has been growing at the rate of 4% per 5-year period. Articles described as case-control, prospective and randomized clinical trials were scarce. There were a reduced number of articles dealing with bipolar disorder (2.4% of the total articles), and cocaine use disorder (0.3% of total articles), two conditions of great social impact.
Bibliometric analysis; scientific production; scientometrics; journals; research design
