Introduction:

Bibliometrics as a science allows the detailed analysis of publications, becoming more and more necessary and creating a trend in the research field.

Objective:

To describe the scientific production of the Cuban Journal of Medical Informatics in the period from 2017 to 2021.

Methods:

Descriptive cross-sectional study by conducting the bibliometric analysis of the Cuban Journal of Medical Informatics from 2017 to 2021. The universe consisted of 131 articles published in this study period. The typologies of articles, the number of articles and authors per years, and the country of origin were revealed in the study. Price index was the indicator used to calculate the obsolescence of references.

Results:

The year 2021 presented the highest number of publications in the aforementioned study period (25.19%); original articles accounted for 68.70% of the total. The predominant number of authors per articles was 3, representing 25.5%. Cuban articles stood out with 90.08% of the total of articles. Review manuscripts showed the highest Price index (0.96) while original articles revealed the lowest one (0.66).

Conclusions:

The Cuban Journal of Medical Informatics has maintained a growth in publications, standing out an increase in original articles in 2021 and predominating those publications with 3 authors. The reviews showed higher level of currentness of bibliographic references than original works.

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