Estudio bibliométrico de la Revista Centro Agrícola, Cuba

The analysis of references of serials publications are appropriate tools for making decisions to improve the quality of the journals. This article raises as objectives to examine the references of the articles published by the Centro Agrícola Journal of the Universidad Central ''Marta Abreu'' de Las Villas, Cuba. This article characterizes the publication and the references employed by the journal. Five unidimensionals indicators are applied: most referenced year, most referenced document types, most referenced authors, Price index for years, and Price index total. To obtain the results, a bibliographic database is created, and this product is one of the results of research. The opportunities of the Open Journal Systems for serial publication, the need to use updated references, and negative aspects of the publishing endogamy are analyzed. The analysis arrives to conclusions and recommendations that contribute to improving the quality of the journal, facilitating the positioning and indexing in databases of prestige.