Evaluation Strategies And Publishing Norms In The Field Of Health Sciences In Brazil

Abstract

Theoretical studies substantiate the existence of epistemic cultures in academic communities, as well as how they influence evaluation policies implemented on them. This work deepens the analyzes carried out by the authors in previous studies to improve the understanding of the changes that occurred in the publication practices of Health Sciences in Brazil between the years 2000 and 2014. It is a quantitative-qualitative investigation, in the experimental and longitudinal. Data on the scientific production of Health Sciences is collected from the Directory of Research Groups of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Assurance, and graphically represents the historical series of articles, monographs and analytical works, as well as reasons for national/international articles and articles/monographs, to identify and compare patrons. Documents from Area Committees (Capes) and Health Science Advisory Committees (CNPq) are analyzed and the evaluation criteria used are identified, examined and classified. The results indicate that the evaluation criteria contribute to promoting changes in the publication practices of Health Science researchers, specifically a significant increase in the percentage contribution of international articles and a reduction of national, monographs and of complete works in analysis.