OBJECTIVES: This transversal cohort study aims to portray the scientific production of nursery in hematology, hemotherapy and bone marrow transplant, fields where nursery involvement has grown steadily especially due to the fact that they deal with some patients' conditions that require qualified and specialized cares, characteristics found among nursery professionals. METHODS: To describe the scientific output of the fields, we analyzed the abstracts published in three domestic periodicals, in two congress annals and the Virtual Library, BVS/BIREME. RESULTS: In the 2000-2004 period, we found 88 publications; most were published in the annals (n=73). Professors and students were the professional categories that contributed the most (n=40); institutions from the southeast region carried out 49 publications; publications with a quanti-qualitative approach summed up 29 while those related to assistance counted 51. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the limitations of this study, we believe that it may encourage the discussion about the nursery scientific output and diffusion in such fields.
Bibliometrics; Scientific and technical publications; Publications for science diffusion; Nursing
