Spanish pediatric research in MEDLINE
Radut, D.S.
Cirugia Pediatrica Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica 24(4): 214-220
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0214-1221 PMID: 23155634 Document Number: 649457
The objective of this work was to elaborate and apply search filters to retrieve the Spanish scientific output (SO) in pediatrics. A bibliographic search was carried out in MEDLINE. The search was based on the construction and application of a Spanish geographic filter, elaborated according to a previous model, and a thematic one to retrieve records in the pediatric area. The following was determined: frequency of the records, place of publication, language, journal, number of authors and year of publication; to observe the dynamics of the SO, a bibliographic study was carried out over a period of ten years. By applying the geographic filter, 277,949 records were retrieved; 620 were retrieved in the pediatric Spanish area. Of these, 262 (42.26%) were published between 2000-2009. Most of records were signed by one author. In Spain, the records were published in 42 journals and abroad in 79 journals. A search filter able to retrieve the pediatric Spanish SO was created, that supposed 1.22% of the total records in the pediatric field encompassed by MEDLINE. Approximately 80% of these articles were published in Spain.