Bibliometric study of scientific production of the CENIC Chemical Sciences Magazine. 1996-2005

Abstract

A bibliometric study on the scientific production of the Revista CENIC
Ciencias Químicas during the period 1996-2005 was made. This serial publication
is an official journal of the National Center for Scientific Research (NCSR), and its
objective is the diffusion of outstanding and new results developed inside and outside
the country in the branch of Chemical Sciences, mainly contributions on
Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Physics, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry. The
annual behaviour of the papers published in the journal is shown, as well as their
typology. The predominance of original scientific papers can be observed. The authors
with five or more papers during the studied period are presented, as well as
the institutions and branches with a higher presence in the scientific production of
the journal. The behaviour of the most productive branches from the NCSR, specifically
the Chemical one, the Ozone Research Center, and the Center of Natural
Products, is compared with the corresponding ones of important national institutions
as the Faculty of Chemistry, the Institute of Materials and Reagents and the
Center of Biomaterials, all belonging to the University of Havana, and the Center
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, the Institute of Food Industry Research, and the
Higher Polytechnic Institute “José Antonio Echeverría”. The transparency in the
publishing policy for the selection of papers was evidenced.