Low birth weight: Cuban scientific production in the Scopus, 2000-2021

Abstract

Objective. The study of birth weight determines great value for satisfactory growth and development. The monitoring of these patients is a priority within the goals of the Maternal and Child Care Program. This paper aims to describe the Cuban scientific production on low birth weight in the Scopus database. Design/Methodology/Approach. This is observational, descriptive, longitudinal, and retrospective research. A bibliometric analysis was employed in Scopus articles indexed during 2000-2021. Results/Discussion. A total of 178 articles were identified, where 161 were original. The most productive year was 2001 (n=16), the thematic area of Medicine (n=171), and the language Spanish (n=150). Cooperation was found with 21 countries, the United States (n=9), Argentina (n=6), and Switzerland (6), the most productive. Forty-six journals where the articles were published were identified, and Cuban institutions published 12. One hundred fifty-one terms with an occurrence more significant than 10 were identified, with birth weight being the highest occurrence (n=304). The terms were grouped into 5 clusters. Conclusions. There was a low scientific production on low birth weight in Scopus with Cuban authorship, written mainly in Spanish and published primarily in Cuban journals. There is a marked international collaboration.