TRENDS IN USTASALUD JOURNAL FROM 2002 TO 2014: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
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https://doi.org/10.15332/us.v13i1.1397Keywords:
Bibliometrics, dentistry, epidemiologic StudiesAbstract
Objective: to analyze all papers published in Ustasalud journal since mid 2002 to the first semester of 2014.
Methods: a descriptive bibliometric analysis including all articles published in the 24 issues of Ustasalud were reviewed. Study design, type of article, subject area, number of authors, and gender, affiliation, and activity of the first author were determined. Measures of central tendency and dispersion as well as frequencies and proportions were calculated; a Student’s t test or Mann-Whitney U was applied according to the distribution of the variable. The productivity and isolation index were established.
Results: 170 papers were published, it was found that more than half of the production (62.9%) was original papers followed by theme review articles (13.5%). The most common study designs were cross-sectional (52.3%) followed by experimental In vitro design (23.4%). Public health and Epidemiology were the main themes of interest with 56 (32.9%) papers. The affiliation of the first author showed that most authors (77.6%) belonged to the Universidad Santo Tomás and 22.4% was affiliated with external institutions. The author with the highest number of publications had a productivity index of 1.4 (Concha SC), the isolation index was 0.8, it meant that 84.7% of authors published only once in this journal.
Conclusiones: Ustasalud had published several studies, mostly written by teachers and students affiliated with Universidad Santo Tomás.
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