The Spanish contribution to the circulating literature in the international medical community during 1927-1932: Bibliometrics

Abstract

A bibliometric study of the Spanish contribution to circulating publications in the international medica) community from 1927 to 1932, through the bibliographic repertory Quarterly Cumulative lndex Medicus, is presented. Ali the works published in Spain by Spanish and foreign authors, as well as those published outside Spain by Spanish authors that were indexed in the twelve first volumes oí the repertory studied, are collected. The bibliometric study contains a descriptive statistics and a bibliometric analysis; it shows the authors' productivity (Lotka law), the authors collaboration in the Spanish publications, and the scattering of the scientific publications (Bradford law).