title: [NURSING RESEARCH VISIBILITY: DATABASES AND IMPACT FACTOR].
abstract: Nowadays, mainly as a result of the implementation of processes of accreditation of the teaching and research activity, there is discussion about the publication in journals of nursing according to the impact factor or their indexing in certain databases, basic criteria for obtaining favorable evaluations in these processes promoted by quality agencies. To response to this problem we are going to analyze conceptually the current methodological support on which is based the analysis of the scientific quality of the research in our discipline, as well as the impact on its visibility and development.
authors.forename: Ins
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Casado Verdejo
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Postigo Mota
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D015399:Nursing Research