Bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles in Scopus on medical education and COVID-19

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Keywords:

medical education, COVID-19, journals, publications, bibliometric indicators, bibliometrics, citation.

Abstract

The current pandemic had a great impact on world health, and also greatly affected medical education, which had to move to the non-face-to-face modality, limiting hospital contact with patients, health institutions and university campuses. As a result, scientific production in medical education increased. Therefore, the research aimed at describing the characteristics of the 100 most cited articles in Scopus on medical education and COVID-19, during the period 2020-2021. Through a descriptive, retrospective, bibliometric-type descriptive study, a search was conducted in the Scopus database and the 100 most cited articles in the area of medical education and COVID-19 in the selected period were identified. The 100 articles included were cited 6616 times. It was found that the most frequent type of publication was the original article (64%). The top contributing country was the United States with 37 publications. In addition, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School were the institutions that contributed the most publications. It is concluded that, due to the pandemic, research in medical education is taking more attention and this is shown by the increase in the metrics. This study will serve to recognize research trends and gaps in knowledge.

Author Biographies

Sergio Armando Dextre-Vilchez, Universidad Peruana Los Andes

Estudiante de la Facultad de Medicina Humana de la Universidad Peruana Los Andes, Huancayo, Perú.

Richard Jeremy Febres-Ramos, Universidad Peruana Los Andes

Medico Cirujano egresado de la Facultad de Medicina Humana de la Universidad Peruana Los Andes. Huancayo, Perú.

Miguel Raúl Mercado-Rey, Universidad Peruana Los Andes

Médico Especialista en Otorrinolaringología, Doctor en Medicina. Docente investigador en la Facultad de Medicina Humana de la Universidad Peruana Los Andes. 

cMédico Especialista en Otorrinolaringología, Doctor en Medicina.


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2023-01-13

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Dextre-Vilchez SA, Febres-Ramos RJ, Mercado-Rey MR. Bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles in Scopus on medical education and COVID-19. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 13 [cited 2024 Dec. 26];34. Available from: https://acimed.sld.cu/index.php/acimed/article/view/2196

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