Análisis de los artículos publicados en la revista Galicia Clínica: 2008-2012 Analysis of the articles published in Galicia Clínica journal: 2008-2012
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Objective: to describe and analyze the activity developed in Galicia Clinica during the last 4 years. Methods: bibliometric study of the articles published in the journal Galicia Clinica in its new stage, from October 2008 until September 2012. The following data were extracted: type of article (editorial, original article, clinical record, others), first author specialty, first author affiliation hospital and article topic. Abstracts from the congresses of the Internal Medicine Galician Society were excluded Results: sixteen ordinary issues were published, and three supplements. There were 169 articles, of which 9,5 % were editorials, 12,4% original articles, 23,1 % review articles, 42,6 % clinical records, and 12,4 % other type of articles. In average, 1,3 original articles and 4,5 clinical records were published per issue. The more frequent topics were about management (15,4 %) and infectious diseases (14,2 %). The majority of the articles (76,9 %) were from internal medicine specialists. Articles came from Galician hospitals in 78,1 %; four hospitals accounted for 51,5 % of the articles. Galician University Hospitals contributed with less papers than not University Hospitals (56 vs 61%), although original articles predominated from University Hospitals. Conclusion: Galicia Clinica has restarted its activities with a high level of participation from the internists of Galicia. Nevertheless, both our scientific production and the impact of the journal can improve. It would be advisable to develop strategies that promote high quality scientific activity and its diffusion, from the beginning of the Internal Medicine training, which the implication of public institutions, hospitals, internal medicine services, resident tutors and all of us.
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