Health Sciences journals indexed in SciELO network: An analysis of their international visibility

Abstract

The present research is aimed to analyze the presence of health sciences journals, covered by the SciELO network, in the main bibliographic databases, in order to know their circulation and visibility data. From the results obtained, it was possible to conclude that the collections of Brazil and Colombia were the ones with the highest levels of circulation in the bibliographic databases studied and, consequently, a greater international visibility. The largest presence was in LILACS and Scopus databases, which duplicated data from MEDLINE, Web of Science or Embase. The presence in CINHAL or PsycINFO was little more than testimonial. Journals edited in English obtained better results in relation to their circulation.