FONOAUDIOLÓGICA JOURNAL, A REFLECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY OVER THE YEARS?

Abstract

The Fonoaudiológica Journal is the main organism of diffusion on disciplinary research in Argentina. The aim was to describe the trends in the professional areas in speech, language and hearing sciences and the number of articles published per year in three periods of the Fonoaudiológica Journal. A descriptive study was carried out in which articles published in three periods were analyzed: 1956-1969 (P1) and 1970-1981 (P2) of printed issues; 2016-2023 (P3) of digitized issues. The articles were recorded according to the year of publication, volume and issue of the journal, title and speech, language and hearing sciences professional area. 269 articles were analyzed; 101 belonging to P1, 98 to P2 and 70 to P3. The results showed on average articles published by volume with some irregularity in the three periods analyzed; the highest amount was observed in P1 and the lowest in P3. In relation to the areas of speech, language and hearing sciences, a disparity was observed in the predominance in the three periods, hearing (27.7%) in P1, voice (23.5%) in P2 and phonoestomatology (28.6%) in P3.

Interests are recognized in diffusion international scientific research products in an initial stage and diffusion local research in recent years. This study contributes to the analysis of professional development in speech, language and hearing sciences through a historical approach to the articles published in the journal and proposes concerns for new research that can expand knowledge from different perspectives.