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Introduction: Research is the driving force of science and, at present, cardiology is a critical area in Medicine. Objective: To evaluate the scientific production on cardiology published in Cuban student scientific journals in the period 2014-2018. Método: A descriptive and retrospective bibliometric study was carried out; 30 articles were assessed throughout the study. Variables representing indicators of production, visibility and impact were included. Results: The 70% were published in Revista 16 de Abril. There was a predominance of articles with 4 authors (36.67%) as well as research papers on hypertension (36.66%). The articles presented an average of 21.33 bibliographical references. Price index in the articles ranged between 0.12 and 0.75. From all the articles published, 1 was international (3.33%). The province of Pinar del Río contributed 26.67% of the publications. We found 10 authors with more than one publication and 20% of articles were cited. The 50% of cited articles were bibliographic reviews and only two have a corrected citations number greater than 1. Conclusions: The publication of scientific articles on cardiology in Cuban student scientific journals is poor. Multiple authorship is common and the largest volume of articles is generated in provincial centers and universities. It is compulsory to improve research dissemination in order to achieve greater visibility and therefore citation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Bibliometrics is a broad field of study that allows analyzing relationships, productivity and characteristics of different disciplines by reviewing the provided scientific production. Objectives: To evaluate the scientific production of CorSalud journal during the period 2009-2017. Method: Descriptive and retrospective bibliometric study on the scientific production of CorSalud journal since its release in 2009 to 2017. The sample consisted of a total of 422 articles. The variables included several output indicators, visibility and impact, collaboration and relational ones. Results: The journal has received a total of 198 citations with an h-index of 6; granting 361 citations, of which 178 (49.3%) are self-citations. Original articles account for 29.4% of all published articles. A total of 67 (30.9%) authors present productivity indices compatible with average producers. Articles present indexing percentages of 61.8% in Imbiomed and 57.8% in Dialnet and EBSCO databases. The greatest growth was recorded in 2012 with 138%. The peak collaboration rate is 4.6, reached in 2014. Conclusions: There is a trend towards an increase of the author's productivity index, productivity by gender, output growth, collaboration and co-author relationship. In general, the bibliometric indicators show great stability and improvement in the quality of the publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]