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GARCIA SOMODEVILLA, Alexis; MONTES DE OCA MONTANO, José; NUNEZ BLANCO, Alberto  y  RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, Nayl. Bibliometric Characterization of Scientific Production in the General University Hospital ’’Dr. Aldereguía Gustavo Lima’’. Cienfuegos: January 2004 to September 2009. Medisur [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.4, pp. 302-318. ISSN 1727-897X.

Background: bibliometrics allowed that the visualization in a database of publications by professionals in the General University Hospital ‘’Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima’’ of Cienfuegos are interpreted in such a way that they can be related to a knowledge map. Objective: to characterize the behaviour of scientific production in the General University Hospital of Cienfuegos. This information can be found in a database regularly updated by the Information Center. Methods: a bibliometric, descriptive study was conducted considering the database registers on the publications by our professionals, both in Cuba and abroad, from January 2004 to September 2009. The variables studied were: amount of articles for each author, amount of articles for each specialty, language of the articles, typology, production per year and source. Results: the highest amount of publications were carried out in Medisur, the local electronic journal, predominantly in Spanish Nevertheless, there is also a considerable amount of publications in English, mainly in the British Medical Journal. The most prolific specialties were: internal medicine, intensive care and cardiology. As for the typology, original researches were the most common. Conclusions: medicine doctors were responsible for the largest amount of publications, followed by the group of candidate authors (from 2 to 4 articles). The electronic journal Medisur held most of the publications. The authors classified as major producers (17.2 author / article on average) consider English language as a very important issue.

Palabras clave : bibliometrics; scientific and technical publications; scientific publication indicators.