Abstract
Objetive: To measure the bibliographic citation of articles previously published in the Portuguese Journal of General Practice and compare these results with previous citation values. Study design: Observational, transversal and descriptive study. Place: Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Population: All issues of the Portuguese Journal of General Practice published between 2009 and 2015 (including). Methods: Systematic review of the total number of bibliographic references, number of bibliographic references in articles published in Portugal and number of bibliographic references in articles published in this journal and available on its website. Comparison with previously published results. Results: Total references were 12.0±11.2 in published articles, 2.4±3.0 in articles published in Portuguese journals and 0.6±1.2 in articles published in this journal. The growth dynamics with respect to previous results are negative for the journal’s references (-33.3), for Portuguese references (-14.3), and for total references (-28.6). Conclusions: The citation values found are low and with negative growth dynamics in relation to those previously published.
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