El objetivo del presente estudio es realizar una revisión sistemática de las tendencias del diseño metodológico usadas en los artículos de investigación cuya temática principal es la satisfacción laboral del profesorado universitario. Se identifican las tendencias sobre el método de investigación; la condición del instrumento de medición; las técnicas para la recolección de información, las de muestreo y las estadísticas usadas en el análisis. Luego de una búsqueda sistemática en Proquest y Redalyc (bases de datos bibliográficas), según criterios de inclusión y exclusión, se analizaron 49 artículos publicados entre el 2000 y el 2016. Esta revisión permitió identificar que casi la mitad de los artículos seleccionados pertenecen a los últimos 6 años (44.9%), lo cual revela sumo interés sobre el tema. El enfoque metodológico más frecuente es el cuantitativo (89.8%); predomina la adaptación de los instrumentos (53.1%); y se mencionan las propiedades psicométricas de validez y confiabilidad en un 42.9%. El muestreo probabilístico y no probabilístico se usa con la misma frecuencia (36.7%); asimismo, en un 83.3% se utiliza la estadística descriptiva. Sin embargo, para el análisis inferencial se evidenció un mayor uso de pruebas estadísticas paramétricas que las no paramétricas. Los resultados evidencian que existen múltiples formas para realizar el diseño metodológico, tanto en el uso del instrumento de recolección de datos como en el uso de métodos de análisis de información. / This study aims to perform a systematic review of the trends of the methodological design used in research articles whose main theme is the job satisfaction of the university teaching staff. The trends on the research method, the condition of the measurement instrument, the techniques for the collection of information, the sampling techniques, and the statistical techniques used in the analysis are identified. After a systematic search in Proquest and Redalyc (bibliographyc databases), according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, 49 articles published between 2000 and 2016 were analyzed. This review allowed us to identify that almost half of the articles selected belong to the last six years (44.9%), which reveals a great interest in the subject. The most frequent methodological approach is the quantitative one (89.8%), the adaptation of the instruments predominates (53.1%), and the psychometric properties of validity and reliability are mentioned at 42.9%. A probabilistic and non-probabilistic sampling is used with the same frequency (36.7%); likewise, descriptive statistics are used in 83.3%. However, for the inferential analyses, there was greater use of parametric statistical tests than nonparametric ones. The results show that there are multiple ways to carry out the methodological design, both in the use of the data collection instrument and in the use of information analysis methods. / Revisón por pares

Over one billion of the world’s population are smokers, with increasing tobacco use in low-and middle-income countries. However, information about the methodology of studies on tobacco control is limited. We conducted a literature search to examine and evaluate the methodological designs of published tobacco research in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the past 50 years. The first phase was completed in 2015 using PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. An additional search was completed in February 2017 using PubMed. Only tobacco/smoking research in SSA countries with human subjects and published in English was selected. Out of 1796 articles, 447 met the inclusion criteria and were from 26 countries, 11 of which had one study each. Over half of the publications were from South Africa and Nigeria. The earliest publication was in 1968 and the highest number of publications was in 2014 (n = 46). The majority of publications used quantitative methods (91.28%) and were cross-sectional (80.98%). The commonest data collection methods were self-administered questionnaires (38.53%), interviews (32.57%), and observation (20.41%). Around half of the studies were among adults and in urban settings. We conclud that SSA remains a “research desert” and needs more investment in tobacco control research and training.