Introduction:

The study of scientific production´s behavior is key for diagnosing the state of research centers.

Objectives:

Analyze the scientific production of researchers from the Institute of Endocrinology which is indexed in SciELO Cuba /2014-2018 database.

Methods:

Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional non-experimental design study that included all publications of researchers of the Institute of Endocrinology during the period 2014-2018 indexed in SciELO Cuba. The behaviour of scientific production and collaborations was described using bibliometric indicators.

Results:

It was confirmed that the scientific production of the institution's researchers was present in 12 specialized journals indexed in SciELO Cuba database. Multiple authorship and the original articles predominated in the type of authorship and in the output form in the sample of analyzed articles. In the scientific collaborations, Dr. Emma Dominguez Alonso was the author with the highest nodal degree and Dr. Daysi Antonia Navarro Despaigne had the highest degree of intermediation. The Institute of Endocrinology (INEN, by its acronym in Spanish) was the institution that recorded higher levels of collaborations and higher nodal degree. The most representative keyword was diabetes mellitus. National collaborations predominated in productivity by typology of collaboration, and the most productive year turned out to be 2017.

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