Medical publications processed in CUMED and PubMed data bases: Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1998-2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2009v14n27p146Keywords:
Scientific production, Bibliometric, Medical science, PubMed, CUMEDAbstract
Objective: to characterize the scientific production of the medical science school in Cienfuegos,
Cuba.
Material and methods: a bibliometric descriptive study in the CUMED and PubMed data bases
from 1998 to 2007. In the searching strategy the word “Cienfuegos” was used in PubMed and
also in Havana CUMED, meanwhile in Cienfuegos CUMED “$” was used. The number of
publications, languages and types, name of the journals, editor country, institution which
provided the article, among other variables were analyzed. Registrations out this period,
repetitive articles, incongruent articles, mistaken seizures, overlapping, CD-ROM, abstracts, and
books were excluded.
Results: 288 publications were studied. In general, the number of publications per year increased
progressively with a tendency to augment, except in the last two years (2006, 2007). 51.3% of the
publications in PubMed, appeared in the Neurology Journal and in the British Medical Journal.
48.6% of the publications in Havana CUMED appeared in Medisur Journal, Cuban Journal of
Medicine and Cuban Journal of Paediatrics. 92.2% of the publications In Cienfuegos CUMED
were shown in Medisur and Finlay Journals. University Hospital “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”
was the medical institution with the highest number of publication in PubMed (83.8%) and
Cienfuegos CUMED (47.9%). The most common publication was the original article (56.6%).
The most predominant topics were Internal Medicine (18.1%) and Paediatrics (16.3%).
Conclusions: It was observed in detailed, for the first time, what is the scientific activity of health
professionals in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
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