title: Profile and scientific production of Brazilian National Council of Technological and Scientific Development researchers in Pediatrics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the profile and the scientific production of researchers in Pediatrics with scholarship from the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Lattes curricula of 34 researchers in Pediatrics with active scholarships, from 2006 to 2008 were included in the analysis. The variables of interest were: gender, affiliation, time since PHD, tutoring of undergraduate students, mentorship of masters and doctors, scientific production and the papers' impact.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In a total of 411 researchers in Medicine, 34 (8%) belonged to Pediatrics. Males (77%) and scholars in the category 2 of productivity (62%) prevailed. Three states of Brazil were responsible for approximately 90% of the researchers: São Paulo (53%), Minas Gerais (21%), and Rio Grande do Sul (15%). During their academic career, the Pediatrics researchers have published 3,122 articles with a median of 89 articles per researcher (interquartile range - IQ=51-119). Of the total, 40 and 59% articles were indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, respectively. The Pediatrics researchers have published papers in 599 journals with a median impact factor of 2.35 (IQ=1.37-3.73) for the 323 indexed journals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Pediatrics researchers have a relevant scientific output from the quantity point of the view, but there is a need to improve quality.
authors.affiliation: UFMG, Departamento de Pediatria, Belo HorizonteMG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Christina L
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Daniella Reis B
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.forename: Sergio Veloso
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Debora Marques
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Isabel Gomes
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Quirino
authors.forename: Barbara Gusmão L
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Enrico Antonio
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Colosimo
authors.forename: Ana Cristina S
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: e Silva
authors.forename: Hercílio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martelli-Júnior
authors.forename: Eduardo Araujo
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*