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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2020; 58 (1)
Public health and aging in Mexico: a bibliometric review
Robles-Silva L, García-Barragán TL, Ramírez-Contreras MG
Language: Spanish
References: 36
Page: 37-49
PDF size: 212.24 Kb.
ABSTRACT
The aim of this review is to describe the development of
the aging and public health field in Mexico, in order to
identify its trends, its main authors and their impact,
based on the scientific production generated between
the 1970s and 2000s decades. 166 articles on
population-based studies about Mexican older people
living in Mexico were included. The analysis involved
bibliometric indicators regarding productivity, authorship,
and impact. The findings show that the volume of
scientific output was low, 28 articles, and they were
published in Spanish at the beginning of the period;
however, during the 2000s decade, scientific production
increased considerably, with 138 articles, most of them
published in English and in international journals.
Epidemiology of aging was the main domain of
knowledge (79%) and health services articles were the
secondary domain; 96% of studies used quantitative
methods. Most of the articles were published in journals
with impact factor and in the second and third quartiles,
besides the average number of citation was 16.2 and 17
articles were the top-cited publications. The scientific
community had 465 authors, but only 54 authors were
the ones who guided the main production of this field,
among them, 17 prolific authors were notable because of
their productivity and participation. This review shows
the consolidation of epidemiology of aging as a field of
public health in Mexico.
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