Abstract

MADERO DURAN, Soraya; ZAYAS MUJICA, Roberto  and  ALFONSO MANZANET, José Enrique. Thematic Profile Analysis of COVID-19 in Cuban Medical Journals during the First 90 days of the Pandemic. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2023, vol.34  Epub May 15, 2023. ISSN 2307-2113.

The evaluation of scientific production has been of vital importance for the adequate development of scientific policies. In the current scenario, mediated by the pandemic and infoxication, the use of bibliometric methods is transcendental to know the development of scientific publications about COVID-19. The objective was to analyze the thematic profile of the scientific production on COVID-19, published in Cuban medical journals during the first 90 days of the pandemic. A bibliometric study was carried out, with a non-experimental design and a quantitative approach of descriptive-correlational scope. A total of 106 documents on the disease, published in Cuban journals, were recovered, with which an ad hoc database was created in the EndNote X bibliographic manager. A total of 184 keywords were identified. The application of centrality measures revealed 43 nodes and 286 relationships. Nodal degree centrality and intermediating measures were applied. In the resulting co-word network, 41 items and, grouped by frequency of joint occurrence, nine keyword clusters were distinguished. The most productive keywords correspond to the thematic analyzed; the terms COVID-19, coronavirus, coronavirus infection, SARS-CoV-2 and pandemic stand out. The thematic profile of the scientific production on COVID-19, published in Cuban medical journals, demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of the research and is evidenced by Cuba's success in facing the pandemic.

Keywords : Cuban scientific production in health; bibliometrics; word analysis; COVID-19; coronavirus.

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