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MIJAC, Volga  y  RYDER, Elena. Bibliometric analysis of research publications on parasitology in Venezuela (2002-2007). INCI [online]. 2009, vol.34, n.2, pp.140-146. ISSN 0378-1844.

The aim of this work was to revise, through Internet data bases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Scielo and LILACS) the research papers on parasitosis in Venezuela, published in national and foreign journals, between 2000 and 2007. Keywords used were Venezuela + parasitosis and specific parasites + Venezuela. One hundred sixty two papers were found, published in 56 journals, mostly (61.1%) in English. Venezuelan journals published 51 papers (31.5%), mainly Investigación Clínica (15; 29.5%) and Kasmera (12; 23.6%), with percentages similar to those in high impact journals as American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and Memorias del Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. The institution responsible for most of the papers was the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) with 41 communications (14.7%). In 15 papers (9.2%), the responsible institution was foreign, but the studied sample came from Venezuela. The most studied area (58%) was Epidemiology. The parasites more frequently studied were the tisular protozoa (41.9%), leading to 28 reports on Trypanosome. The papers on intestinal protozoa were variable, with similar species numbers. Among arthropods the most studied were Anopheles, Tityus and Lutzomyia. It was found that the productivity in the area of Parasitology in Venezuela was stable during the period analyzed, that local journals contained an important amount of the papers, that the most productive institution was UCV, that papers on tisular protozoa predominated but most parasites and their vectors were represented.

Palabras clave : Bibliometría; Parasitosis; Producción Científica; Publicaciones Periódicas; Venezuela.