Cuba Publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded: publication characteristics, institutions and journals
| dc.contributor.author | Monge Nájera, Julián | |
| dc.contributor.author | Olivera Batista, Dianelis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ho, Yuh-Shan | |
| dc.contributor.department | Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica. Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana, Vicerrectoría de Investigación | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Departamento de Ciencias de la Información | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Asia University, Taiwan. Trend Research Centre | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Costa Rica | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-21T15:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-21T15:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: In contrast with other tropical countries, Cuba has been frequently studied from the point of view of scientometrics. It has been reported that Cuban researchers often failed to cite other Cuban researchers or to collaborate with them and that 78 % of the Cuban scientific output is published in Cuban journals and mostly missed by Scopus and the Web of Science. However, there are no recent comprehensive studies of science in Cuba. Objective: To quantify the Cuban scientific output, in all disciplines, until the beginning of 2021. Methods: We analyzed publications from Cuba, dated 1900 to 2021, that reached the index Science Citation Index Expanded. Results: We retrieved a total of 23 576 publications, mostly articles. In this particular database, English is the dominant language, and, over time, articles have become longer and increased the number of authors and references. Numerically, the leading institution is Universidad de La Habana. Research is strongly concentrated around medical subjects. Collaboration teams led by foreign authors have more citations recorded by the database, where the number of Cuban articles has decreased strongly since 2008. Conclusion: Our conclussions only apply to the fraction of Cuban science covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (under 22 %). We recommend three main improvements: to increase collaboration among Cuban scientists; to expand research areas beyond medical subjects; and to improve the quality of Cuban journals. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Citar según la fuente original: Monge-Nájera, J., Olivera Batista, D., & Ho, Y. S. (2021). Cuba Publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded: publication characteristics, institutions and journals. Revista de Biología Tropical, 69(3), 1098-1106. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69i3.469 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69i3.46976 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2215-2075 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.uclv.edu.cu/handle/123456789/13201 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Revista de Biología Tropical (En línea) | en_US |
| dc.rights | Este documento es Propiedad Patrimonial de la Universidad de Costa Rica y se socializa en este Repositorio gracias a la política de acceso abierto de la Revista de Biología Tropical (En línea). | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Universidad de Costa Rica | en_US |
| dc.source.endpage | 1106 | en_US |
| dc.source.initialpage | 1098 | en_US |
| dc.source.issue | 3 | en_US |
| dc.source.volume | 69 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tropical Countries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Impact Factor | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bibliometrics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Science and Development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Scientific Production | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Revistas Científicas Cubanas | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Factor de Impacto | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Base de Datos Bibliográficas | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Estudio Bibliométrico | en_US |
| dc.title | Cuba Publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded: publication characteristics, institutions and journals | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.type.article | 1 | en_US |