Do Brazilian medical journals reference Brazilian articles? A cross-sectional study

Abstract Background The quantity and quality of Brazilian scientific output increases decade by decade. However, there is a tendency to undervalue journals, illustrated the low number citations compared with texts in international tacit justification that foreign articles are superior quality. Objectives To investigate differences numbers periodicals three journals from 2016 2020. Methods All published Journal College Surgeons, Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira 2020 were analyzed. references these studies analyzed, summing total classifying them as or journals. Results A 902 totaling 23,394 references, mean 25.81 ± 8.59 per article. Of these, 2,680 (11.45%) Brazilian, equating 2.95 3.79 Conclusions It necessary improve appreciation periodicals, especially among researchers institutions responsible for science funding.