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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1608-8921</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Gaceta Médica Espirituana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Gac Méd Espirit]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1608-8921</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1608-89212019000300094</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Deficiencias metodológicas frecuentes en reportes originales de la Gaceta Médica Espirituana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Frequent methodological deficiencies in original reports of the Gaceta Médica Espirituana]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Manso Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fardales Macías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vicente Eloy]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orellana Meneses]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Geovanis Alcides]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nápoles Valdés]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mirian Belkis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Llano Gil]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E. Amiris]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bello Castro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maikel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sancti Spíritus ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Provincial General Camilo Cienfuegos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sancti Spíritus ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>94</fpage>
<lpage>100</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1608-89212019000300094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1608-89212019000300094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1608-89212019000300094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento:  La publicación científica constituye uno de los productos de una investigación, cuyos resultados pueden ser reproducidos y validados. En la revista Gaceta Médica Espirituana no existen antecedentes respecto al tema.  Objetivo:  Describir la correspondencia de los artículos originales con las recomendaciones para la presentación de estudios observacionales (Strobe).  Metodología:  Se realizó un estudio bibliométrico descriptivo donde se evaluaron, utilizando la guía Strobe, 40 artículos originales publicados del 2010 al 2012.  Resultados:  En 31 artículos no se explicó el fundamento científico; en 11 se expuso el escenario donde se recogieron los datos; 35 no definieron todas las variables y 12 tenían más del 50 % de sus referencias desactualizadas.  Conclusiones:  Un número importante de artículos no cumple con algunas de las recomendaciones del Strobe, lo que puede afectar su credibilidad y rigor científico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background:  the scientific publication is one of the products of an investigation whose results can be reproduced and validated. In the journal medical gazette from Sancti Spiritus, there is no antecedents about this subject.  Objective:  to describe the correspondence of the original articles with the recommendations for the presentation of observational studies (Strobe).  Methodology:  a descriptive bibliometric study was carried out where 40 original articles published from 2010 to 2012 were evaluated using the Strobe guidelines.  Results:  the scientific basis was not explained in 31 articles; in 11 the scenario where the data was collected was exposed; 35 did not define all the variables and 12 had more than 50% of their outdated references.  Conclusion:  A significant number of articles do not comply with some of the Strobe recommendations, which may affect its credibility and scientific strictness.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[artículo de revista]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bibliometrics]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Strobe]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[electronic journals]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[article of journal]]></kwd>
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