Abstract

BATISTA HERNANDEZ, Norma E. et al. Bibliometric analysis of Medicentro Electronic Journal during 2007-2011. General indicators. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.1, pp. 19-27. ISSN 1029-3043.

An analytic study of the published articles in Medicentro Electronic Journal between 2007-2011 was carried out, with the objective of comparing general bibliometric indicators during this period. The universe was constituted by all published articles in regular numbers of this journal during the selected years. The bibliometric indicators used were: quantity and type of articles, productivity index, institutional affiliation, institutional level (municipal, provincial), medical care level and teaching category of the first author. Communications predominated (43 %) from a total of 444 published articles. The most significantly productive year was 2007, with a productivity index of 0,77; province centres were the most productive ones (0,86), Medical Sciences University was among them the one that published more articles in this journal (0,73). Secondary medical care represented higher percentage (71,78 %); Instructors presented the higher productivity index (0,85).

Keywords : bibliometric indicators; scientific and technical publications; electronic journals.

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