Bibliometric study of the scientific production published by Ars Pharmaceutica in the period 2001-2013.
Keywords:
Access to Information, Bibliometrics, Bibliometric Indicators, Journal Article, Medical Subject Headings.Abstract
Aim: To analyze the scientific activity and the production of information of the Ars Pharmaceutica journal as the Spanish scientific publication of reference in the pharmaceutical area.
Materials and Methods: Transversal descriptive study of the results obtained from the bibliometric analysis of the articles published in the journal. Data was obtained from direct queries and Internet access to the scientific literature contained in the electronic version of the journal during the 2001-2013 period.
Results: During the period studied 623 articles were published. The number of original articles was 387 (62.12%) with a productivity index of 2.59. The number of institutions identified with published articles was 173. The predominant language was Spanish with 396 (63.56%) articles. We counted 1925 keywords, of which 441 (22.91%) coincided with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The median calculation of the obsolescence of quoted references was 7, and the Price Index was 34.37%. The percentage of self-citations was 1.80%. Impact data showed a moderate increase.
Conclusions: An appropriate proportion of original articles were found and an adequate percentage of satisfactory citable articles. The low percentage of keywords that coincide with Medical Subject Headings is noteworthy. The bibliographical references found in the articles come mainly from the English-speaking area and from journals indexed in the Journal Citation Report. The obsolescence analysis of these references produced suitable.
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