Analysis of the scientific production of the University of Medical Sciences of Granma in Scopus

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Bibliometrics, Information analysis, UCMG, Institutional analysis.

Abstract

Introduction: scientific evaluation and bibliometric studies have become processes of great interest and importance because scientific research is a quality indicator for scientific and academic institutions. The University of Medical Sciences of Granma is an institution of Higher Medical Education whose purpose is the training and development of Medical Sciences in the region based on teaching-assistance-research integration. This is why it is necessary to understand the impact and behavior of its scientific production from an international perspective.

Objective: to analyze the scientific production of the Granma University of Medical Sciences in the Scopus bibliographic database.

Methods: a retrospective and descriptive bibliometric study of all the scientific production of the University of Medical Sciences of Granma was carried out, using the Scopus database as a source of information.

Results: a high concentration of works in the Spanish language and in Cuban Q4 journals was identified, although original research predominated. International collaboration behaved favourably. Finally, the international positioning of the university is still insubstantial.

Conclusions: the scientific production of the UCMG presents moderate values in terms of indicators of productivity, visibility and impact. This behavior shows a marked upward trend in recent years and an improvement in these patterns is expected in future years.

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Published

2023-09-08

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Velázquez-Soto OE, Castillo-Carratalá A. Analysis of the scientific production of the University of Medical Sciences of Granma in Scopus. RM [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 8 [cited 2025 Jun. 7];27:e2917. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/2917

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES