ESTUDIO BIBLIOMÉTRICO DE LOS ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES DE LA REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE SALUD PÚBLICA (1991-2000). PARTE PRIMERA: INDICADORES GENERALES

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"A Bibliometric Study of the OriginalArticles Published in the RevistaEspañola de Salud Pública (1991-2000).Part OneBackground: For some time, the most of reports have beenbeing disseminated by way of scientific journals, bibliometricstudies therefore being fundamental to the characterization andevaluation thereof. The purpose of this study is that of characterizingthe Revista Española de Salud Pública based on the originalarticles published therein throughout the 1991-2000 period.Methods: Original articles published in the Revista Españolade Salud Pública throughout the 1991-2000 period, all inclusive.A study has been made of the following variables:number of original articles, collaboration index or number ofsigning authors per study, productivity index, geographicalspread and main subject.Results: Throughout the 1991-2000 period, 290 original studies(52.3%) of a total of 555 studies were published. The numberof originals averaged 29 originals /year A 4.5 degree of collaborationwas found to exist for this journal (number signingauthors/number originals) for the period under study. The annualof originals by Autonomous Community reveals in the AutonomousCommunity of Madrid (20.7%), Autonomous Communityof Valencia (16.4%), Andalusia (16.1%) and Catalunya (10.0%)have published studies every year throughout the ten-year periodunder study. The most prevalent subject of all was that related to«Communicable disease» (86 originals), Primary Health Care»(34) and «Environmental poluttion» (21).Conclusions: Generally speaking, it apparently follows thatthe Revista Española de Salud Pública continues to fall withinthe output-related indicators of other Spanish and foreign journalsand that it has also evolved in keeping with the trend properof scientific output in the biomedical field. Although «Communicablediseases» are not the main cause of mortality, they continuebeing the main subject more frecuently studied."