Abstract

LOPEZ-MUNOZ, Francisco et al. Bibliometrics and network mapping of Cuban international scientific production on ataxias (1993-2020). Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2023, vol.34  Epub May 15, 2023. ISSN 2307-2113.

The objective of this study was to characterize the Cuban research potential in the field of ataxias and its temporal evolution. A search was carried out in the Web of Science database and all the documents published from 1993 to 2020 were retrieved. Bibliometric indicators were applied to explore the production, dispersion, distribution and annual growth of the documents (Price's law, Lotka's law, transience index and Bradford model). The participation and collaboration index of countries and institutions was calculated and, through bibliometric cartography, the co-occurrence networks of the most used terms were explored. The Cuban scientific production on hereditary ataxias is high (219 documents) and it adjusts to a linear growth (r = 0.7580). The period studied concentrates 47.95% of the records with an annual publication rate of 6.6% and 10.8 years’ duplication time. The total number of citations was 3807 (mean index: 131.27; h-index: 31). Growth of the Cuban scientific literature on ataxias was concluded to be linear for the period studied, which confirms the non-compliance with Price's law of growth of scientific literature. The study also corroborates the important network of integration and international cooperation among the different authors and the interdisciplinarity of the papers, marking the success of the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias (CIRAH), when planning a strategy of scientific collaboration with objectives defined.

Keywords : bibliometrics; science and technology information networks; scientific production indicators; Cuba; ataxia.

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