Investigación de enfermería: una caracterización en dos publicaciones latinoamericanas

the quantitative and descriptive study that describes the articles published in the magazines avances en enfermería (rae) from colombia and the latin-americana de enfermagem (rle) from brazil between 2002 and 2007. the goal of this study is to identify the characteristics of the researches prepared by two latin-american educational facilities that offer a doctoral degree in nursing. methodology: a study of the total number of research articles published between 2002 and 2007 by these two magazines was performed. from a total of 532 articles, 49 were published by rae and 487 by rle. results: the qualitative researches were more common in the rae, with 79% of the total published articles; whereas the qualitative studies represented 49.4% of the research papers published by rle. the use of theoretical references represented 49.8% and 40.9% in rae and rle, respectively. collectively- authored articles were overwhelmingly common in rle, with 93%, some of which had doctoral degrees; whereas in the rae individual authors represented 51%, some of which had master's degrees. conclusions: researches published in the magazines in question are based on different paradigms and possess a growing amount of theoretical support from their own and other disciplines. a small number of assistant nursing publications and experimental designs were found.