Abstract

BORRACCI, Raúl A.  and  RABHANSL DE DESMERY, María M.. The Production of Medline Indexed Articles on Nursing Research in Latin America. Rev. argent. cardiol. [online]. 2013, vol.81, n.5, pp.422-426. ISSN 1850-3748.

The objective of this work was to assess the production of articles on nursing research from Latin American countries published in international journals. A bibliographic search of nursing research articles was carried out in PubMed during the period 1997-2006. A total of 1246 articles from Latin American countries were published in Medline indexed journals; 46% (575/1246) came from a Nursing School or Department and the rest from other sources. Brazil and Mexico contributed with 76% of publications. Types of studies and priorities included observational and controlled clinical studies (39%), public health (34%), nursing care (14%) and human resources (13%). Forty four percent of articles were published in indexed nursing journals, and the rest in others biomedical journals. In conclusion, the scientific production on nursing from Latin America was assessed according to the number of publications indexed in Medline. This product shows strong differences among the countries, with Brazil and Mexico alone accounting for 76% of publications.

Keywords : Nursing; Research; Bibliometrics; Latin America.