Bibliometric indicators of endodontics in Cuban medical journals

Authors

  • Teresita de Jesús Clavera Vázquez Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana
  • Alain Manuel Chaple Gil Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad "ICBP Victoria de Girón" Departamento Estomatología. Profesor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8571-4429
  • Josefa Dolores Miranda Tarragó Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana
  • Javier Álvarez Rodríguez Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana

Keywords:

endodontics, root canal treatment, bibliometry.

Abstract

Introduction: scientific communication materializes through the publication of papers in specialized journals. This is the reason why the quantitative study of journals, known as bibliometry, is a method allowing to evaluate scientific development.
Objective: determine the characteristics of scientific production about endodontics in Cuban medical journals until the present moment.
Methods: a cross-sectional observational descriptive study was conducted. The study universe was composed of 22 116 papers. The study sample was all the papers about endodontics (25 papers) published by Cuban authors in Cuban medical journals until the year 2014. All papers were included irrespective of the language in which they were written. The search was conducted in SciELO, the Virtual Health Library and the SCAD service. The search terms used were endodontics, root canal treatment, pulp therapy(ies) and combinations thereof.
Results: of the 25 papers about endodontics, four had been published in the last five years. The number of authors per paper was three (32 %). Most authors (24 %) were from the School of Dentistry of Havana. 83.3 % of the sample were original papers. There was a predominance of papers about therapeutics (40 %).
Conclusions: cuban scientific production on endodontics is scarce. The publication with the largest number of papers on the subject is the Cuban Journal of Dentistry. Therapies are the most common topic. The most productive institution is the School of Dentistry of Havana.

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Author Biography

Alain Manuel Chaple Gil, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad "ICBP Victoria de Girón" Departamento Estomatología. Profesor

• Cargo: Profesor
• Profesión (año): Doctor en Estomatología (2004)
• Especialidad (año): Especialista de 1er. Grado en Estomatología General Integral (2007)
• Categoría docente (año): Asistente (2014)
• No. Cursos de postgrado recibidos: 14
• No. Cursos de postgrado impartidos: 4
• No. Eventos asistidos: 33 (nacionales e Internacionales)
• No. Publicaciones: 2
• Sociedades científicas a las que pertenece (cargo):
Sociedad Cubana de Estomatología (Miembro Titular) 2005

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Published

2015-07-02

How to Cite

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Clavera Vázquez T de J, Chaple Gil AM, Miranda Tarragó JD, Álvarez Rodríguez J. Bibliometric indicators of endodontics in Cuban medical journals. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2015 Jul. 2 [cited 2025 May 17];52(4):3-8. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/965

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 4 (2015): OCT- DEC

Section

Research Article

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