Scientific productivity of CorSalud journal: Visibility through Google Scholar

Abstract

Introduction: Scientific publications are the best way to disseminate research by scientists and professionals. Bibliometrics is an essential tool that allows to evaluate the results of research published in scientific journals. Objectives: To describe the scientific production of CorSalud journal, using different bibliometric indicators. Method: Descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study that evaluated the articles published in the period 2009-2016. Productivity was taken into account by years, countries, authors; articles produced/cited, percentage of inbreeding, occasional or transient authors, transience index, authors' distribution according to productivity, most cited authors, h index, producing institutions, type of articles and keywords. Results: Three hundred eighty-eight articles were published. Year 2013 was the most productive and cited of all. The most productive author was Francisco Luis Moreno Martínez (19 contributions). A 90.7% of publications are by Cuban authors, 137 are transient for a transience index of 35.3%; 97% are small producers. H index is scarce. The greatest contribution of articles was from the Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara, 29% were original works. Most used keywords were: Acute myocardial infarction, Hypertension, Angioplasty and Echocardiography, among others. Conclusions: The total number of papers per year remains quite stable with prevalence of original articles. National papers tend to prevail over international ones and there is a high inbreeding rate. The bibliometric indicators studied demonstrate stability in the editorial process and an increase in the quality of publications.