title: [Report: an analysis of publications by members of the Spanish Geriatrics and Gerontology Society from 2006 to 2011].
abstract: Data is presented from the survey conducted by the Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología (SEGG) (Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology) among its members in order to assess their scientific production between 2006 and 2011, specifically articles in journals that are indexed in the Science Citation Index. The scientific quality of the publications was quantified using the number of times every article was cited and the journal's impact factor. A total of 162 out of the 2450 members responded (6.6%), reporting a total of 903 individual articles, 335 (37%) of them in geriatrics-specific journals, and 568 (63%) in other journals of other specialties. The number of publications increased yearly from 128 in 2006 to 201 in 2010. The scientific quality could be calculated for 530 articles. On average, publications have been cited 8.2 times (median: 2), with the range of citations being from 0 to 242. The average impact factor was 3.1 (median 2.4), ranging from 0 to 53.5. A number of articles have been published in some of the largest impact factor journals, in those of general-interest, as well as geriatrics-specific and basic science journals.
authors.affiliation: Institut de l'Envelliment, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, España. antoni.salva@uab.cat
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvà
authors.forename: Àlex
authors.initials: À
authors.lastname: Domingo
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roqué i Figuls
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Serra-Rexach
mesh_terms: D005853:Geriatrics; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Bibliometrics; Bibliometría; Citaciones; Citations; Factor de impacto; Geriatrics; Geriatría; Impact factor