2014, Number 4
Cuban scientific production about health in international databases
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Language: Spanish
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Page: 442-451
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ABSTRACT
With the purpose of determining the differences in the coverage of Cuban scientific production about health in databases Medline-PubMed, Embase and Scopus in the period 1996-2012, a detailed examination was conducted of these databases based on a number of dedicated search strategies. The total percentage difference between the coverage of scientific production by authors from Cuban institutions in Medline and PubMed tends to widen as years pass. A substantial difference was found between the coverage of this production in the databases studied. Scopus is the database with the largest coverage, followed by Embase and Medline-PubMed, in that order. Identification of total production in Medline, Embase and Scopus constitutes an important achievement in determining the international visibility of Cuban scientific production about health.REFERENCES
Cañedo Andalia R, Dorta Contreras AJ, Rodríguez Labrada R, Velázquez Pérez L. Visibilidad internacional de la producción científica documental en salud de Cuba. En: Cañedo Andalia R, Rodríguez Labrada R, Fernández Valdés MM, Zayas Mujica R, Nodarse Rodríguez M, Sánchez Tarragó N, et al. Lecturas avanzadas para la alfabetización informacional en salud. Holguín: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín. 2012 [citado 21 de julio de 2013]. Disponible en: http://www.hlg.sld.cu/alfin/download/ lecturas_avanzadas/PREMIO%202013%20A%20para%20ALFIN%20versi%C3%B3n %20reducida.pdf