Contributions of the minas gerais nursing magazin to the disclosure of scientific knowledge

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the scientific production of the Minas Gerais Nursing Magazine (REME) between 1997 and 2009, focusing on the importance of the Journal to the improvement of nursing research. We used REME's database and program Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS® ) version 13.0 to compile data. At the time of data collection there were 971 manuscripts and, after discarding those with incomplete data, the sample consisted of 887 articles. The categories considered for analysis were: year of article submission, type of research, origin and outcome. REME has been receiving an increasing number of articles, especially research ones (65.2%), most of which are about general nursing care (linked to aspects of the profession) and medical-surgical nursing. Regarding the type of research and the outcome, we observed that the highest approval rates were for original researches (72.6%). We received studies from the Southeast of Brazil (72.5%), from the South (13.2) and from the Northeast (9.5%), among others less numerous. The data show that although some regions submit a higher number of articles, the final number of studies approved for each region is similar. We conclude that there are no quality discrepancies among the studies in each knowledge area. The results also show the involvement of nurses from different Brazilian states