Abstract

LLANO GIL, E. Amiris et al. Scientific articles published by health professionals in the province of Sancti Spíritus. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.2, pp.21-30. ISSN 1608-8921.

Background: medical journals are one of the main dissemination means of results of scientific research, in spite of this fact in the province of Sancti Spíritus the publication of articles in medical journals has declined; therefore it is a necessity to establish some strategies to increase the publishing index with quality. Objective: to identify the contribution of scientific articles that health professionals provided in the province of Sancti Spíritus to Cuban Medical Journals from January 2010 to January 2011. Methodology: a cross-sectional study was made; all published articles in the Cuban Medical Journals were reviewed from January 2008 to 2011, the sample was performed by the 127 published articles from January, 2010 to January, 2011 edited in 41 journals in a total of 90 volumes. The main variables were: the title of the journal where the publication was made, authors' specialty and filiation, teaching category, scientific or academic degree and municipality where the publication was carried out. Percentage analysis was used and a data base was created to process the information. Results: the authors of the province published in Sancti Spíritus Medical Gazette magazine, with a 77, 27 %, publication that represents most of the medical specialties in the territory; 22, 73 % did it in 5 of the 41 medical specialized journals included for this research. Conclusions: the contribution of scientific articles that health professionals have provided in the province of Sancti Spíritus to Cuban Medical Journals in the analyzed period shows low rates of contribution to scientific production.

Keywords : scientific production; rate of publication; periodicals; scientific communication.

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