Scientific production and visibility of Havana Medical University’s Scientific Communication Cathedra

Authors

  • Lissette Cárdenas de Baños Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Miguel Enríquez”
  • Daisy Bencomo García Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Miguel Enríquez”
  • Sonia Sánchez Aldereguía Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Policlínico Docente “Luis A. Carbó”.
  • Jorge A. Fundora- Mirabal Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Calixto García”
  • Alberto Juan Dorta Contreras Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Miguel Enríquez”, Laboratorio Central de Líquido Cefalorraquídeo (LABCEL). http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8818-4697

Abstract

Introduction: Havana Medical University’s Scientific Communication Cathedra arrived to its 10th anniversary last 2015. His Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation fulfill bibliometric research tasks. Objective:  To evaluate the scientific production of the cathedra through the visibility achieved from its citations.
Materials and Methods: Was recovered the scientific production by Google Academic and its citations through the variables bring up by Publish or Perish evaluated in 2013 and 2015.
Results: During this decade were published 40 originals papers, short communication and letter to the editor. The members of the Cathedra increase its main excellence’s indexes like h index and its variants according with the time related with the group. There is a correlation between cites/paper since 2013 to 2015. The Cathedra has made bibliometric evaluation mainly about the scientific production of Havana Medical University.
Conclusions: The scientific productivity of the Cathedra and the visibility achieved by its metric research has contributed to the evaluation of the development of the university science.

 

Keywords: Havana Medical University, productivity, h index, bibliometric, Google Academic, Scientific Communication’s Cathedra, observatory.

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Published

2016-12-12

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Cárdenas de Baños L, Bencomo García D, Sánchez Aldereguía S, Fundora- Mirabal JA, Dorta Contreras AJ. Scientific production and visibility of Havana Medical University’s Scientific Communication Cathedra. Rev haban cienc méd [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 12 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];15(6):979-91. Available from: https://revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/1085

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Vol. 15 No. 6: November-December 2016

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Educational Sciences

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