The science of collective health in writing: contribution to studies in collective oral health

Abstract Celebrating the 25 years of existence of the Journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (C&SC), this paper analyzed 375 documents published between 2000-2019 as an integral part of the editorial of collective oral health. The production analysis aimed to understand how oral health core appears in publications and how it could have contributed to knowledge on the population’s health-disease, specific public policies, education, and management of oral health services in the SUS. The process employed bibliometric and documental analysis. We could show the authors’ territorial distribution, their extensive collaboration network, and the dimension of citations in publications, including the international plan. The Brazilian states most present in the publications were São Paulo and Minas Gerais, followed by authors from Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina. Citations were more frequent in Brazil (85.14%), followed by the United States (2.31%), Portugal (1.34%), and Australia (1.34%). We concluded that, despite the limitations, the C&SC showed unequivocally a powerful instrument for the dissemination of scientific production from the perspective of collective oral health, enabling the exchange of information and facilitating the integration between researchers and enabling a path to its consolidation.

为纪念《公共卫生科学》（Ciência & Saúde Coletiva，简称C&SC）创刊25周年，本文对2000年至2019年间发表的375篇属于集体口腔卫生专题社论范畴的文献开展分析。本次文献产出分析旨在厘清口腔卫生核心议题在发表文献中的呈现形式，及其对人群健康与疾病相关认知、特定公共政策、口腔卫生教育以及巴西统一卫生系统（Sistema Único de Saúde，简称SUS）下口腔卫生服务管理的推动作用。本研究采用文献计量学与文献分析方法，明确了作者的地域分布特征、广泛的合作网络，以及文献的引用规模，其中涵盖国际引用情况。发文量居前的巴西州份为圣保罗州与米纳斯吉拉斯州，其次为来自伯南布哥州、南里奥格兰德州和圣卡塔琳娜州的作者。引用来源中，巴西占比最高（85.14%），其次为美国（2.31%）、葡萄牙（1.34%）与澳大利亚（1.34%）。研究结论显示，尽管存在一定局限性，但C&SC无疑是集体口腔卫生领域科研成果传播的重要载体，为学术信息交流搭建了平台，推动了研究者间的协作融合，并为该领域的发展壮大奠定了坚实基础。