Cuban Scientific Production on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Scopus (2019-2021)

Abstract

Introduction: health research is a key link in scientific development. Research in intensive care medicine is essential to improve medical care, generate new treatments, reduce mortality and save resources. Aim: to characterize Cuban scientific production in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Scopus between 2019 and 2021. Method: an observational, descriptive, bibliometric study of articles with Cuban authorship published in Scopus between 2019 and 2021 that responded to the areas Emergency Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine was carried out. SciVal was used to obtain and analyze the data. Results: 18 articles were published and 184 citations were received, with an average of 2.33 and 3.67 articles per year for the areas Emergency Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine respectively; the percentage of excellence was 60 and 37.5 % respectively. For both areas, international collaboration predominated. The most productive author was DrC. Frank Daniel Martos-Benítez and the institution was the Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Hermanos Ameijeiras" (Ndoc=4, Authors=8, Ncit=33). Conclusions: there is a discreet increase in the annual scientific production when compared to previous periods, which was centered in first and second quartile journals. Collaboration, especially international collaboration, was shown to be standard in publication.