A PROFILE OF RESEARCHERS IN SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING SCIENCE WITH PRODUCTIVITY GRANTS FROM (CNPQ) Perfil dos pesquisadores com bolsa de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq da área de fonoaudiologia

Purpose: to identify the profile of research productivity grants of ConselhoNacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) in the area of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. Methods: from the list of grantees of research productivity in the area of Speech with current grants in 2010, were verified characteristics of training, publishing articles in databases: LILACS, SciELO Brazil, MEDLINE, and Web of Science, identifying the production of scientific articles of scholarship in the Brazilian scientific community, published between 2006-2010. It was also used the JCR indicator and the Qualis classification for analysis of journals. Results: of the 46 grantees, 45 (98%) are graduated in Speech, Language and Hearing Science and are engaged in teaching activities, 22 (47.83%) in the Southeast and 24 (52.17%) have institutional affiliation in public universities. Regarding production, were identified 935 articles, of which 816 (87.27%) in 48 Brazilian journals and 119 (12.72%)in 47 foreign journals. With respect to journals, from 95 Brazilian and foreign titles analyzed, 38 (40%) showed no impact factor. Conclusions: the presence of women is great in this knowledge area, with the highest occurrence of PQ researchers with institutional affiliation in public universities, located in the Southeast and South country regions. The analysis of scientific articles production from scholars of Speech tended to publish their articles in Brazilian journals, while seeking editorial quality: peerreviewed and indexed in databases, combined with the JCR indicator and the Qualis classification.