The scientific production on zika in open access periodicals

In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global public health emergency on zika and called on the scientific community to accelerate research efforts on this issue, stressing the importance of a rapid diffusion of scientific information on the disease, as well as the availability of...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Araújo, Kizi Mendonça de, Silva, Cícera Henrique da, Guimarães, Maria Cristina Soares, Lins, Rosane Abdala, Assef Neto, Rosangela Cordeiro de Souza
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repositorio:RECIIS (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br:article/1391
Acceso en línea:https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1391
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:zika
scientific production
bibliometrics
open access
open access journals.
produção científica
bibliometria
acesso aberto
periódicos de acesso aberto.
Descripción
Sumario:In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global public health emergency on zika and called on the scientific community to accelerate research efforts on this issue, stressing the importance of a rapid diffusion of scientific information on the disease, as well as the availability of its results in open access, which favored the exponential growth of scientific production on the subject. The present study verified the occurrence of scientific production on zika published in open access scientific journals and identified the main periodicals used for this disclosure. For this, a search and bibliometric analysis of the indexed production on the subject in the Scopus database was carried out, identifying the type of access of the journals. The results point to an increase in the use of open access scientific journals as a vehicle for disseminating research results on the theme, indicating an alignment with the WHO appeal.