title: [Bibliometric map of research done in primary care in Spain during the period 2008-2012].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the Spanish scientific production of primary care during 2008-2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational study bibliometric.
  
  
  METHODS
  Spanish scientific production in primary care.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study focused on publications indexed in Medline.
  
  
  METHODS
  In each record was obtained journal, year of publication, first/last author, workplace and autonomous community. Later, articles were classified according to their content or areas of research. The impact factor was obtained from the basis of bibliometric analysis Journal Citation Reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using search criteria, were selected 1,048 documents. The transiency rate was 62.6%. Production increased from 170 papers in 2008 to 291 in 2012. Most (65.7%) came from health centers, but we observed a significant increase (P=.01) of the articles from units or research institutes (5.9% in 2008, 12.0% in 2012). Of the total, 61.6% were classified as «clinical aspects», 22.5% were published in the journal Atención Primaria, 80.5% in journals with impact factor and 33.49% in foreign journals, being higher this proportion (P<.001) in units or research institutes (70.5% vs. 29.8%). In relation to population (articles/100.000 inhab.), the most productive communities were Cataluña (4.1), Castilla-La Mancha (3.6), Aragón (3.4) and Navarra (3.4).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In primary care publications there is great diversity in both research areas such as in journals where published. Most are from health centers, treat clinical aspects and published in Spanish journals. Differences in the volume of scientific production between regions are observed.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Universitario Zona IV, Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, España; Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud (redIAPP), España. Electronic address: jesusl@sescam.org.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López-Torres Hidalgo
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, España.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Basora Gallisà
authors.affiliation: Cátedra Medicina de Familia, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Domingo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orozco Beltrán
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud El Palo, Distrito Sanitario Málaga-Guadalhorce, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, España; Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud (redIAPP), España.
authors.forename: Juan Ángel
authors.initials: JÁ
authors.lastname: Bellón Saameño
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Atención primaria; Bibliometrics; Bibliometría; Evaluación de la investigación en salud; Health research evaluation; Primary health care