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SANCHEZ DIAZ, Marlery  e  VEGA VALDES, Juan Carlos. Alzheimer's disease from a bibliometric analysis of the Cuban scientific production. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2016, vol.27, n.1, pp. 35-55. ISSN 2307-2113.

The objective of this work is to make a metric analysis of the Cuban scientific production with greater international visibility on Alzheimer's disease. In view of this, a search was made in the Scopus database and many programs like EndNote, Microsoft Excel, Bibexcel, UCINET, NetDraw were used. A hundred records were obtained, as signed by a total of 433 authors, 213 of which are Cubans. A relevant growth of scientific production over the last decade was observed, although a slight weakening in recent years was seen. The 98 journal articles recovered are published in 49 journals from ten countries with diverse impact. The 73 % of the articles were cited at least once. The leading institutions, considering both productivity and citations received, are the International Center for Neurological Restoration, the University of Medical Sciences of Havana, and the Cuban Neuroscience Center. The national and international cooperation indicators are positive, although contacts should increase with leading intuitions worldwide. Cuban researchers have studied Alzheimer's disease in regard of genetics, dementia, memory and cognition.

Palavras-chave : Alzheimer's disease; Cuba; scientific production; metric study.