Abstract

ARENCIBIA JORGE, Ricardo; VEGA ALMEIDA, Rosa Lidia; SANCHEZ TARRAGO, Nancy  and  ARAUJO RUIZ, Juan A. Cuban scientific production on dengue (1981-2006): a metric analysis through Scopus . ACIMED [online]. 2008, vol.18, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1024-9435.

A bibliometric study of the Cuban scientific production on dengue indexed by SCOPUS, from 1981 to 2006, was conducted in order to identify the most productive authors and journals, the different co-authorship teams, and the main research fronts treated during this period. 163 articles signed by 278 authors were obtained. The co-authorship index was 5.53. The papers were published in 45 journals from 12 countries. 64.4 % of the articles were cited, and the average of citation per article was 6.2. The leading institution in the Cuban research on dengue was "Pedro Kourí" Institute of Tropical Medicine, which was present in more than 90 % of the articles. 83.3 % of the most productive authors are from this institute. A remarked growth of the scientific production was observed during the last 25 years, due to the increase of the moderate episodes reported from 1997 up to the present. The Cuban researchers have studied different clinical, virological, and epidemiological data about dengue, and they have identified as causes of a possible re-appearance of the disease in Cuba, the increasing migration to the area of people from regions where the disease is endemic, a high level of vector infestation, and the nonfulfillment of the measures to eradicate the vector

Keywords : Dengue; Cuba; scientific production; metric study.

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