WOMEN MEDICAL STUDENTS AND NEUROLOGY ARTICLES STAND OUT IN A BRAZILIAN JOURNAL IN THE DECADE OF THE BRAIN

Abstract

The University of Taubaté is a Brazilian university that has always been involved in scientific research and publication, as evidenced by the Medical Journal of University of Taubaté (REMUT), which brings together scientific papers from various medical fields. This study was produced to identify the impact of the Decade of the Brain on REMUT publications, and its specific aim is to contribute to promote academic research by reactivating the journal. We performed a bibliometric analysis based on REMUT. We found 9 out of its 10 issues, totalizing 60 articles, published between 1988 and 1998. We distributed three journals per student and created a spreadsheet to organize the data. The 60 articles had a total of 316 authors (216 students, 91 professors, 8 residents or physician assistants, and 1 person in charge of the blood transfusion department of Municipal University Hospital of Taubaté). Female students represented a proportion of authors (51.4%) larger than the proportion of female medical students in Brazil across the same period (30.8%). Neurology predominated among the areas approached, with 9 articles (15%) that studied 5 women and 4 men aged between 0 and 60 years. It was clear that medical students developed a tradition of publishing scientific articles, which hugely contributed to their undergraduate studies. For this reason, the recirculation of REMUT would enrich knowledge among the university members, as it once brought together dedicated and attentive readers to the scientific advancements and was a safe environment for learning and disseminating medical science.