Brazilian Journals of Speech Therapy: most accessed and cited articles

Abstract

Introduction: research has been carried out to identify the scientific production of a given area, with a view to reflecting on its own future. Objective: to identify which articles are most accessed and cited in Brazilian journals of Speech Therapy, analyzing the theme, type of research and area in which they are cited. Method: the selected journals were Audiology Communication Research (ACR), Communication Disorders, Audiology and Swallowing (CoDAS) and CEFAC-Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences and Education Journal, accessed on March 14, 2019, in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo). Ten most accessed articles were classified according to content and type of research. The most cited were also analyzed according to areas that mentioned them. Descriptive analysis was performed and for comparison between the types of research and thematic, Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test was applied (p <0.05). Results: 765,718 hits were recorded, 21-70% of the type of observational study and on Orofacial Motricity-OM (13-43.3%). In the analysis of the most cited articles (n = 34), most were observational (29-85.3%), and as for the theme, OM (10-29.4%) and Language (9-26.5%), with no statistical difference (p = 0.834). One of the journals analyzed, in its beginning, was specific for publication of OM, a fact that may justify the greater registration. The most frequent citation percentages were in magazines (560-82.0%), in the field of Speech Therapy (308-45.1%). Conclusion: observational studies related to Orofacial Motricity and Language are the most accessed and cited. Most were cited in sources of Speech Therapy, explaining that the area needs to make a move to be more recognized.