title: [Bibliometric analysis of Revista Médica del IMSS in the Scopus database for the period between 2005-2013].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the number of articles of Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc) in the Scopus database and describe principal quantitative bibliometric indicators of scientific publications during the period between 2005 to 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scopus database was used limited to the period between 2005 to 2013. The analysis cover mainly title of articles with the title of Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social and its possible modifications. For the analysis, Scopus, Excel and Access were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  864 articles were published during the period between 2005 to 2013 in the Scopus database. We identified authors with the highest number of contributions including articles with the highest citation rate and forms of documents cited. We also divided articles by subjects, types of documents and other bibliometric indicators which characterize the publications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of Scopus brings the possibility of analyze with an external tool the visibility of the scientific production published in the Revista Médica del IMSS. The use of this database also contributes to identify the state of science in México, as well as in the developing countries.
authors.affiliation: Coordinación del Centro Nacional de Investigación Documental en Salud (CENAIDS), Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social/Grupo Interdisciplinario de Estudios Métricos (GINEM), Distrito Federal, México. francisco.garciag@imss.gob.mx.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García-Gómez
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Méndez
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D015706:Bibliometrics; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D008800:Mexico; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D012943:Social Security
keywords: Bibliometrics; Periodicals as topic; Scientific publication indicators