Bibliometric analysis of the journal ‘Farmacéuticos Comunitarios’ (2009-2020) (II): Indicators of consumption

Objective:  To analyze the consumption of information reflected in the bibliographical references (BR) incorporated in articles published in the journal Farmacéuticos Comunitarios (FCJ).

Methods: Design: retrospective descriptive study of the obtained bibliometric data of articles published in the FCJ from June 2009 to December 2020, consulted directly in the Web of the magazine.

Indicators: of consumption, typology, isolation (insularity), scattering, obsolescence and percentage of selfciting.

Results: In the analyzed period 4,635 BR in 297 published articles were mentioned, with an average of 15.6 by article and maximum of 129, 69.9% primary sources. The isolation index is about 28,6. The most referenced documents are original (53.4%) and revisions (21.5%). 51.3% use the Spanish language. The English is the language more used in the references of revisions (70.9%) and cases (55.6%). 171 journals (78.8%) are mentioned a single time. The main body of Bradford composes 12 sources (33.4% of the appointments), of which 8 are magazines. Index of Price (BR <5 years) 43.8, index of immediacy (BR <1 year) (3,6), half-period of Burton-Kleber, 5 years, mode 3.

Conclusions: The bibliometric indicators of information consumption that we found in the FCJ find in levels similar to the magazines of the sector of Sciences o+f the Health. The opening to other countries, the low index of isolation, their present time and pertinence, provides a space adapted to the authors who wish to spread the results of their investigation into the scope of the Community Pharmacy.