title: [Evaluation of scientific production in different subareas of Public Health: limits of the current model and contributions to the debate].
abstract: The aim of this study was to discuss the limits of the quantitative evaluation model for scientific production in Public Health. An analysis of the scientific production of professors from the various subareas of Public Health was performed for 2010-2012. Distributions of the mean annual score for professors were compared according to subareas. The study estimated the likelihood that 60% of the professors in the graduate studies programs scored P50 (Very Good) or higher in their area. Professors of Epidemiology showed a significantly higher median annual score. Graduate studies programs whose faculty included at least 60% of Epidemiology professors and fewer than 10% from the subarea Social and Human Sciences in Health were significantly more likely to achieve a "Very Good" classification. The observed inequalities in scientific production between different subareas of Public Health point to the need to rethink their evaluation in order to avoid reproducing iniquities that have harmful consequences for the field's diversity.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jorge Alberto Bernstein
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Iriart
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Suely Ferreira
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Deslandes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Kenneth Rochel de
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Camargo
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marilia Sá
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cláudia Medina
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Coeli
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001938:Brazil; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011634:Public Health; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*