Analysis of some bibliometric indicators of the Journal of Scientific Information of the Medical University of Guantánamo

Abstract

A bibliometric and descriptive study of the Journal of Scientific Information (RIC) of the Medical University of Guantanamo during the year 2011 is presented to evaluate the scientific productivity of this publication. The 149 articles published in the mentioned period are reviewed from the network. The variables were studied: type of documents, sex, number of authors by articles, municipalities and institutions where the investigations were carried out, number of bibliographic references used and degree of updating. The original articles were the most published, with predominance of female authors and group authorship of four and five researchers per article. Guantanamo is the municipality that contributed most with jobs; The Medical University and the General Teaching Hospital of the Provinces are the most important institutions. There was predominance in the use of updated bibliographical references, which reinforces the credibility, validity and scientific rigor of this journal.