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| Title |
Public health and the knowledge industry
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Revista de Saúde Pública, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0034-89102009005000076 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kenneth Rochel de Camargo |
| Abstract |
Knowledge plays an important role in health care. The production and diffusion of health-related knowledge are increasingly under the control of private commercial interests, which are characterized by conflicts of interests that result in abuses of power. Considerable research has been done on the medical-industrial complex and its role in the production of power imbalances and the consequent abuses, but little attention has been dedicated to the role played by the publishing industry, which can be subject to the same problems. The widely diffused idea that 'frequent and major changes' occur in medicine, albeit unsupported by clearcut evidence, is an effective marketing tool for both the pharmaceutical and publishing industries, who feed and thrive on physicians' insecurities. The production and distribution of knowledge should be addressed as a strategic component of public health. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 11 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 10 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 18% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 18% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 9% |
| Researcher | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 18% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 9% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 April 2023.
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#7,497,039
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Outputs from Revista de Saúde Pública
#229
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#43,650
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Outputs of similar age from Revista de Saúde Pública
#4
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,151 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 78% of its peers.
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