Introduction:

The student publication is essential in the education of future doctors. Cuba has medical scientific journals that allow the dissemination of research by students in the area of health.

Objective:

To characterize the student scientific publications in the Progaleno magazine from 2018 to 2022.

Methods:

A bibliometric and descriptive study of student scientific publications in the Progaleno magazine was carried out. The universe consisted of 97 articles, sampling techniques were not applied. Analyzed variables: type of article according to section, number of authors per article, year of publication and origin of the authors. Graphs and tables were prepared to represent the data and concluded with a quantitative analysis. Bibliometric indicators were studied.

Results:

43.29% of the articles were original articles, followed by review articles (27.83%); articles with 3 authors predominated in the publications studied (32%); the year 2021 was the one with the highest publication (24.74%) and the province of Camagüey the one with the highest representation according to the origin of the authors (63.38%). The degree of collaboration was 0.84 and the productivity index was 1.97.

Conclusions:

The predominance of original articles, the participation of 3 authors, the year 2021 as the year with the most publications and the rise of authors from the province of Camagüey characterize the scientific production of the Progaleno journal.

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