Abstract

SUAREZ, Jorge Oswaldo. Bibliometric analysis of Infectio journal, 1995 to 2011. Infect. [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.3, pp.166-172. ISSN 0123-9392.

Bibliometrics apply statistics methods for the quantitative analysis of scientific production. Bibliometric indicators are useful in determining properties and trends in a publication, its authors and its content. Objective: To make a bibliometric and social network analysis of Infectio journal. Methods: Bibliometric descriptive study. Fifteen volumes of the journal Infectio were analyzed, consisting of 53 numbers during the period from 1995 to 2011. Rates of production, collaboration, citation and visibility were calculated. A search was made in Medline® and Scopus® (Elsevier) to compare the publication by topics and the citation. Results: 303 articles were published in Infectio, of which 47.19% were original articles. We found 25 authors with three or more original articles, with 2 large producers and 457 transients for a rate of 85.58% of transience. Intra-institutional collaboration was 44.06%. The most frequent topics in original articles were microbial drug resistance, HIV, toxoplasma and tuberculosis. The impact factor varied between 0.18 and 0.59. The topics most cited were neutropenia and HIV. Conclusion: The production of original articles was high. The groups identified are composed of the most prolific authors. Bibliometric indicators of productivity and collaboration were similar to those of international biomedical journals. The results of the levels of transience and self-citation indicates lack of consolidation of lines or research groups. The participation of the public university was predominant. The comparison highlights an increased production of topics like HIV and toxoplasma.

Keywords : Bibliometrics; Community Networks; Infectious Disease Medicine; Microbiology; Colombia.

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